Lot 451
1836 Coronet Head Cent. MS-60. Lustrous steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and generous traces of slightly faded mint red remaining in protected areas. The fields are covered with underlying satiny mint luster and the eye appeal is excellent for the grade. The only defects are a thin nick on the chin, a very faint hairline scratch from the tip of the chin into the field near star 2, and a splash of darker reddish olive toning that contains microscopic traces of verdigris at stars 8-9. LDS with a strong rim cud break extending slightly inside the dentil tips at star 6. The earlier die line from M to the berry below is gone. Called MS60 net AU50 in the Noyes census, his photo #26917. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS63BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2943 (PCGS # 37117) .
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex Kress 8/12/69-George Ramont 8/8/71-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20054.
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