Lot 148
1821 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded AU-58. Glossy light brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and chocolate toning on the upper right two-thirds of the reverse. There are some very light contact marks scattered about both sides, including a thin diagonal nick over star 13 and a dull nick on the top of the O in ONE. A small spot of darker olive toning close under star 4 is the best identifying mark. EDS but not quite the earliest with slightly reflective fields on both sides and minor crumbling in the dentils at stars 6-7. The reverse remains uncracked. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; The finest of only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2908 (PCGS # 36706) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19801.
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