Lot 70
1818 N-9 R3 PCGS graded MS66RB. PCGS graded MS-66 Red & Brown. Lustrous frosty light steel brown with 15% of the mint red remaining on each side. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless. The only marks are a small spot of darker toning in the field over star 1, a couple ticks on the tip of the bust, and a pair of pinpricks near the dentils under the end of the wreath ribbon. Great eye appeal. LDS with a rim cud break at STA but without the terminal rim cud over the right side of the adjacent D. Called MS63 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20864. Bland says MS63 and CC#1 by itself. Our grade is MS63+. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Stack's 10/24/84:693-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:358.
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