Lot 635
1812 S-290 R1. EF-45 Plus. Turban Head. Small Date. Frosty dark steel brown with lustrous light brown and tan faded down from mint color in the protected areas on both sides. No roughness or verdigris, only very light wear on the highpoints and a few light contact marks in the field before the portrait, mostly right of stars 5 & 6. M-LDS, Breen state III. The obverse fields are covered with fine die polishing lines passing from upper left to lower right. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-1.5 while the reverse is properly centered on the planchet. An attractive, lustrous cent. Close to AU50. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance).
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Andrew M. Hain-Dennis Steinmetz-1980 ANA Sale (Steve Ivy Auctions) 8/1980:972-Robert Schick, Heritage 1/02:5353-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2295.
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