Lot 100
1818 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with generous traces of underlying very faded mint red, especially on the obverse. No spots or stains and only some minor contact marks, including a light vertical scuff up from the left point of star 11, a small diagonal nick high on the cheek, and a short, dull scratch into the field from the lower left points of star 12. MDS. The fields are covered with fine radial flowlines and the doubling on the outer point of star 8 is lost in those flowlines. A fine die crack connects the tops of MER, but there are no rim cud breaks on either side. Strike doubling (from die bounce) shows on the right side of the ear, most of LIBERTY, and on the hair behind the head and neck. Called MS60 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #25236. Bland also says MS60 but tied for CC#3 in his census. Plated in the Newcomb book to illustrate the variety, and the Newcomb collection pillbox is included with the lot. Comes with a nice provenance. Our grade is MS60. Pop 1. The only Brown example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2580 (PCGS # 36625) .
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/45:521-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:109-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3415.
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