Lot 223
1823 Private Restrike. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. CAC. Attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with traces of very faded red on both sides. No spots or contact marks, only the usual tiny lumps from extensive die rust on both sides. M-LDS with die cracks on both sides, but the final crack down through TE in STATES has not formed. These were made outside the mint using discarded mint dies sold as scrap metal. The obverse die used was from the normal Newcomb-2 variety of 1823, but apparently a reverse die of the type used in 1823 was not available and they substituted a reverse die used for the 1813 Sheldon-293 variety. The result was an "1823" cent that looked nothing like the genuine mint product--except perhaps to an unsuspecting novice collector. Graded MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #58278. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 12; 6 finer in 66. (PCGS # 81627) Value $1,000 - UP
Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 7/2004-Great Pacific Collection.
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