Lot 250
1831 N-3 R1 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Small Letters Reverse. Choice lustrous bluish steel and light chocolate brown with mint red showing in protected areas of the obverse and original mint color remaining on about 25% of the reverse. A gem cent in every respect, and it has to be close to an "RB" designation by PCGS. Great eye appeal. It is difficult to find any identifying marks on this cent; a tiny speck of darker toning in the field before the bottom edge of the coronet will have to suffice for this purpose. E-MDS with a small segment of an inner circle still visible at the dentil tips at the lower left of star 3. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW from a normal head-to-foot die orientation. Called MS65 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21125. Bland says MS65 and alone as CC#1. Our grade is MS65. Ted's envelope includes his note "The most perfect N3 of the non-proofs-JAB (Jerry A. Bobbe)". PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex 1958 ANA Sale, lot 545-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:136-Dr. E. Yale Clarke, Stack's 10/25/75:96-American Rare Coin Investors-Jerry A. Bobbe 6/79.
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