Lot 382
1817 N-10 R1 MS60+. Very attractive lustrous steel and light olive brown with traces of faded mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and offer outstanding eye appeal for the grade. The notable marks, and they are trivial, are a nick hidden in the hair under the R in LIBERTY, a faint diagonal hairline scratch high on the cheekbone, and an elongated speck of darker olive toning above the T in CENT. Nicely struck E-MDS. There is a tiny rim cud break at star 2 but the screw marks at S-O are not present. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS64 Brown (NGC label included, #446662-001, and it shows the attribution and Rasmussen provenance). Called MS60 and tied for CC#4 honors in the Del Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#10, his photo #25222. A beautiful cent that comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex Gordon Wrubel 12/1977-Myles Z. Gerson-Dr. Phil W. Ralls 10/1984-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3390.
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