Lot 11
1816 N-5 R3. MS-60. Lustrous dark bluish steel and olive brown, the reverse a few shades lighter than the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The best identifying marks are a barely visible planchet flake under the right foot of the first 1 in the date and a thin nick off the lower left point of star 7. M-LDS. The dentils are weakening as the stars and reverse legend begin to draw to the rim. The repunching under the left foot of the N in CENT is weak but remains visible. Called MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #21334. DWH #3599.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Davis/Graves, Stack’s 4/8/54:1650-Tom Wass-NY/NJ Sale 3/59:698-Emanuel Taylor-Edward H. Schwartz, Abe Kosoff 10/11/61:394-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:54-Jack Collins, Bowers & Ruddy 10/6/77:884-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-unknown-Chris McCawley 11/30/2009.
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| Realized $1,495 |
