Lot 339
1831 N-5 R4 PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Small Letters Reverse. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate with lustrous lighter golden brown toning covering the protected areas. An area of darker olive and chocolate brown toning is located in the field at the top of star 1. A small planchet chip (as struck) shows on the jaw and there are a few tiny ticks elsewhere on the cheek and neck. MDS. The obverse fields are covered with microscopic die flowlines and are satiny rather than prooflike as seen in the early state. The always-present die crack through the legend outside the wreath and a small patch of fine die rust (lumps on the coin) at the dentil tips just left of the date are clear. Called AU50 net EF45 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF40 and tied for CC#3, his photo #21485. Our grade is EF45. Pop 1; The finest graded at PCGS for the variety. The other example grades VF30. DWH #3541.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex James Kelly, Central States Numismatic Society 11/54:3984-Emanuel Taylor 10/60-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/1/2009:253.
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