Lot 84
1818 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with a splash of reddish chocolate toning under star 6, and this spot is covered with a dusting of extremely fine carbon. Otherwise the surfaces are satiny and attractive. The only contact marks are a few nicks right of the nostril and eye, two more near the hair under star 8, and another under the N in CENT. LDS. The spike up from the coronet and the tiny lumps in the field before the face are all gone, as are nearly all the dentils on the obverse. The reverse is now rotated 30 degrees CCW and there is some strike doubling from die bounce on stars 2 & 3 and at various places on the reverse. Our grade is MS60. Pop 1; The Finest Brown example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2509 (PCGS # 36607) .
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Ronnie Adam, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:702.
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