Lot 314
1835 N-3 R3 PCGS graded MS62BN. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Head of 1834 with Small 8 and Stars. Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown with traces of mint color remaining on the obverse and about 10% of the original mint color on the reverse. No marks, spots, or stains, just a very light touch of rub on the highest points of the design. MDS with a minor crumbling in the dentils under the 35 in the date with a bit more even with the lower edge of star 2, but the reverse center dot is still visible. (In the latest die state, the crumbling at star 2 extends upward for a couple more dentils and the reverse center dot has faded away.) Softly struck on the browlock and tip of the coronet with similar weakness in the leaves below ENT. Called AU55 and CC#1 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo # 21336. Our grade is AU58. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Kenneth J. Sartoris 5/72-Del Bland (via Denis Loring) 7/72.
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