Lot 373
1837 N-7/8 R1 PCGS graded MS67BN. PCGS graded MS-67 Brown. Plain Hair Cord with Medium Letters. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown and light chocolate with 10-15% of the slightly faded mint color remaining on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive, virtually flawless. A shallow planchet flake on the rim under the 1 in the date is the only defect, and it is barely visible. LDS, Newcomb's #7. The die lines over MERICA are gone and there is a strong but small lump close over the right upright of the N in CENT. Called MS65 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#6. Our grade is MS65+, close to MS66. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff 10/21/59:194.
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