Lot 371
1837 N-6 R2 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Plain Hair Cord with Medium Letters. Highly lustrous bluish steel and light olive with overtones of sea green. Faded mint red shows in protected areas on both sides, especially on the reverse. Only a few microscopic marks, including an extremely faint diagonal nick in the field right of star 3, a speck of dark toning on the cheek right of the nostril, and traces of an old fingerprint at the T in CENT. The surfaces are satiny and offer excellent eye appeal. MDS. The tiny die marks at the berry below E in UNITED have been polished off the die. Called MS63 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU55, his photo #21873. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 2; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon 1950's-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:484.
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