Lot 46
1817 N-15 R4 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. The obverse is lustrous golden light brown blending to light chocolate on the highpoints with hints of very faded mint color showing through in the fields while the reverse is a slightly darker bluish steel brown and light chocolate. No distracting marks, just a few microscopic specks of darker toning and trivial ticks visible only with the aid of a strong glass. A speck of reddish carbon just right of star 6 is the best identifying mark. MDS with delicate die clashmarks on both sides of the portrait. The repunching at the bottoms of ON in ONE and the N in CENT is clear. Called MS62 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21082. Bland says MS60+ and finest known as well. Only two are known in mint state, the other grading MS60. Our grade is MS62. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex F. C. C. Boyd, New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/7/57:1359.
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