Lot 233
1830 N-1 R1 PCGS graded MS64RB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Light bluish steel brown with original mint red covering 20% of the obverse, slightly more of the reverse. There are a few tiny nicks on the jawline and in the field before the chin, plus a couple tiny spots of darker toning in the dentils below the date and on the left foot of the 1. Sharply struck EDS with smooth, hard fields. Fine repunching is visible on the 18 in the date and there are no die cracks at star 2. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#2, his photo #21571. Our grade is MS64. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex George H. Earle, Henry Chapman 6/25/1912:3499-unknown-Gene Reale (who acquired it in 1953)-Jerry A. Bobbe 9/76.
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| Realized $3,565 |
