Lot 430
1838 N-11/13 R4 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate. Fine die flowlines cover the fields on both sides creating attractive cartwheel luster. There is a speck of plastic debris or some other version of crud pressed between the lips and another chip of the same substance stuck on the hair over the T in LIBERTY (both appear to be easily removable, and neither was present when we took the photo of the coin, so they must be tiny chips of slab plastic). Otherwise the only marks are a half dozen small nicks at S-OF. There is a hint of rub on the highest points of the design, but the cent has mint state eye appeal. Terminal die state with a relatively large cud break at star 1 that extends well inside the dentils nearly to the lower point of star 2. Newcomb called this die state his #13 variety, but we know it is really just a late state of N-11. Called MS60 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU50 and CC#3 of the N-13 die state, his photo #21202. Our grade is AU55. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:700-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:371.
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