Lot 378
1837 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Beaded Hair Cord, Head of 1838. Lustrous light chocolate brown and steel with subtle overtones of light bluish steel in protected areas. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless. The only marks are a microscopic speck of dark toning in the field close over the tip of the nose and a very light pinscratch in the field left of star 9 plus another in the field before the neck. Excellent eye appeal. MDS but slightly later than the preceding example. A fine die crack now connects the bases of the A & M in AMERICA. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #35886. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 3; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 2/88.
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