Lot 229
1829 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Beautiful and highly lustrous light bluish steel brown faded down from mint color with mellowed mint red bleeding through in the fields and protected areas. Satiny mint frost covers both sides and there are no defects. A faint spot of slightly darker toning over the N in ONE is the best identifying mark. Great eye appeal, a gem cent in every respect. LDS with thin rim cud breaks at stars 8 and 9 and over CA. Struck very slightly off center to K-5. Called MS65+ and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#3, his photo #33729. Our grade is MS65. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex "The South Shore Hoard"-H. E. Morey 9/1900-Allison W. Jackman, Henry Chapman 6/28/1918:769-Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 491-Frank. A. Sternberg, J. C. Morgenthau 4/7/33:63-Milton A. Holmes, Stack's 10/5/60:1545-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:130-Dr. M. Lamar Hicks, Stack's 3/18/86:842-Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/30/94:99 (via Tony Terranova).
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| Realized $50,600 |
