Lot 499
1837 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Lustrous light steel brown with splashes of darker olive and steel toning on the reverse. The only contact mark is a small nick on the jawline close above the throat. The surfaces are covered with attractive satiny luster. M-LDS. The obverse fields are a bit wavy and those dentils are weakening. The reverse legend is very weak near the dentils and the repunching at the right top of the C in AMERICA is faint. Called MS60+ and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Our grade is MS60. Pop 1; 1 finer in 64RB. Only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #1646 (PCGS # 37134) .
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex Larry Whitlow (Beverly Hills Coin Shop) 4/20/67-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:350.
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