Lot 358
1831 N-11 R2 MS60. Small Letters Reverse. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with 5% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse, and delicate hints of bluish steel overtone on both sides. There is a tiny pinprick in the field under the hairbun, several very tiny ticks around the base of the first 1 in the date, and a couple thin, very light nicks at the top of the E in CENT. Latest die state with a strong cud break connecting TES to the rim above and the top of that S filled as part of the cud. Called MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #25647. Called MS60+ and tied for CC#3 of the business strikes in the Bland census. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS64BN (NGC label included). Our grade is MS60. Pop 2; 1 in 64. Only 3 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2614.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Garrett Collection-Johns Hopkins University Collection, Bowers & Ruddy 11/28/79:163-Doug Bird 4/13/85-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3595 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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