Lot 332
1823 Restrike. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Beautiful golden steel brown with underlying tones of light rose from faded original color showing through on both sides. No spots, stains, or contact marks. The fields are prooflike thanks to a fresh die polishing, especially on the obverse. The only mark is a tiny speck of golden planchet alloy on the throat, as struck. LDS with two clear die cracks on each side, the final one being from the rim down through TE in STATES. These highly collectible "Restrikes" were made outside the mint using discarded mint dies that had been sold as scrap metal. The obverse die was from the normal 1823 Newcomb-2 die variety and the reverse was the one used for the 1813 S-293 die marriage. Both dies were rusted and had to be lapped to minimize the roughness before using them to strike more 1823 "cents" for collectors. The restrikes were struck for Joseph J. Mickley beginning in 1862 with the later die states being struck circa 1879 or a bit later. This is a beautiful example, one of the finest of the several dozen seen by this cataloger. Our grade is MS65. Pop 1; none finer at NGC.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
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