Lot 28
1817 N-7 R3 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Highly lustrous bluish steel brown with delicate wisps of darker chocolate toning around the date and stars 1-2. The satiny mint luster covers the entire surface of both sides extending even to the highest points of the design. A truly gem cent offering superior eye appeal. MDS with a strong "Mouse" break resting on top of the head below star 8 plus a fine die crack arcing down from the tip of the nose toward star 2 and another up from the outer hair bun to the rim right of star 9. Minor doubling on the forehead and tip of the nose was caused by die bounce. Called MS65 and finest known by a wide margin in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21164. Our grade is MS65. Ted noted on his envelope that this cent is "The Mouse that Roared." PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Peter Mougey, Thomas L. Elder 9/1/1910:101-Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 390-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:501-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:86.
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| Realized $31,050 |
