Lot 423
1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty light steel brown with very faint woodgrained darker steel mixed in on the obverse. Traces of original mint red show on both sides, especially on the reverse. Excellent luster and eye appeal, only a few microscopic marks visible with a glass. A speck of dark toning under the second 8 and a nick on the bottom of the first S in STATES are the best identifying marks. E-MDS. The fields are satiny from microscopic die flowlines but the recutting at RIC remains clear. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #21824 (the CC#1 example resides in the ANS Museum). PCGS Population 1; 1 finer in 65BN.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Knightsbridge (London)-1987 ANA bourse-Doug Bird 4/16/88.
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