Lot 18
1817 N-2 R3 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty medium steel brown with choice satiny surfaces and excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a small spot of darker toning in the field before the forehead and a well hidden spot of dark steel toning nestled in the curl over star 13. E-MDS. A die crack extends from the rim down through the first S in STATES to the wreath (not yet extending to the O in ONE), but the crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 has not formed. Ted noted on his envelope that this was the only mint state example known from the uncracked obverse die state (which is still true today according to the Noyes census). Called MS61 and CC#3 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21694. Our grade is MS62. PCGS Population 1; 1 finer in 66BN.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Milton A. Holmes, Stack's 10/5/60:1479-C. Douglas Smith-Stack's-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:299-Tony Terranova 3/18/88.
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