Lot 45
1817 N-8 R2. Mouse Top. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Lustrous frosty olive and medium steel brown. Just a hint of light friction on the highest points. The best identifying marks are a tiny spot of darker olive toning near the dentils over star 8, another left of star 12, and dull nicks or tiny voids on the rim at N & D in UNITED. LDS. A clear, fully developed "finger Mouse" break extends up to the left from the top of the head under the left edge of star 8, and a shallow patch of die roughness shows in the field under star 5 (a normal feature of the intermediate and later die states). A very attractive example of the skinny, underfed Mouse. Called AU55 in the Noyes census, his photo #36791. Our grade is AU58. Pop 1; 2 in 64; 3 in 65. A total of 6 coins graded at PCGS for the variety in Brown. DWH #0412 (PCGS # 36571) .
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Ex Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/17/88:322.
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