Lot 248
1827 N-10 R4+ EF45. Wright Plate Coin. EF-45. Close to AU50 sharpness but there are some light contact marks, mostly on the obverse. The notable marks are a faint hairline scratch from the field left of the date curving up through the bust tip and neck to the curl before the ear plus a shorter one along the jawline. Frosty light brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and some slightly darker steel brown toning at the top of the 27 and on the bottom of the neck. There are hints of underlying very faded mint color peeking through in a couple of the protected areas. EDS. The obverse fields are slightly reflective thanks to a fresh die polishing and the reverse is rotated 10 degrees CW. This is the Wright plate coin for the variety (the curved hairline scratch from the bust tip described above is mistakenly reported as a die crack in the "Striking Variations" paragraph for the variety in John's book). Outstanding eye appeal for the grade in spite of the trivial contact marks. Called EF45 and CC#2 behind a marginally superior example in the Bland census with the next best grading only VF30. Noyes says EF45 net EF40 and tied for CC#2, his photo #25320. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included). DWH #2602.
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Coin Galleries 8/56:2297-Lester Greenwood-Robert Carter 3/70-Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:639-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3533 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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| Realized $13,225 |
