Lot 490
1837 N-12 R3- EF40. Beaded Hair Cord. Accessory E. Repunched 8. EF-40. Attractive glossy chocolate and light olive brown. Virtually free of marks. A pair of microscopic planchet flakes at the base of the neck and very faint traces of an old fingerprint at stars 10-12 are the best identifying marks, and they are nearly invisible. E-MDS. The repunching on the left side of the lower half of the 8 is sharp. The fields are smooth and the stray E punched into the wreath under the E in AMERICA is sharp. (Note: The so-called Accessory E hidden in the wreath under the E in AMERICA of N-12 was first reported by Jules Reiver in the May 1969 issue of Penny-Wise, the newsletter of the Early American Coppers Club. It is quite possible this is the cent he used for the discovery.) Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2952.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex George Ramont 12/26/68-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20084.
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