Lot 230
1829 N-9 R4 PCGS graded AU58. PCGS graded AU-58. Small Letters Reverse. Glossy steel and chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning covering the protected areas on both sides. The reverse is lustrous while the obverse is mostly glossy. A faint splash of reddish chocolate toning is at the bottom of star 8 and left of the date. E-MDS with a fine die crack arcing through star 12, ERT, the forehead, and star 4 to the dentils at both ends. Softly struck in the usual places (stars, top of the hair bun, lowest curl, and parts of the wreath). Excellent eye appeal, and the reverse looks close to mint state. Called AU55 net EF40 and tied for CC#3 overall (but finest of the earlier die state by 10 points) in the Noyes census, his photo #21879. Our grade is AU50. This variety is unknown in mint state. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont 4/76-Myles Z. Gerson 2/10/78.
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