Lot 23
1817 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice lustrous bluish steel and chocolate brown. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless, only a few microscopic contact marks offering no distraction whatsoever. Late die state with the full "Mouse" break resting on top of the head below star 8. Called MS63 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20645. Bland says MS63 and tied for CC#3 but finest of those known with the full "Mouse" break. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 2; 2 finer in 65BN.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Gordon Wrubel 4/75-C. Douglas Smith 1987-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:305.
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