Lot 373
1801 S-216 R1. NGC graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty light to medium chocolate brown and steel with underlying mint luster covering both sides. Just the lightest touch of rub is visible on the highest points of the devices. There is a thin layer of natural oxidation covering this cent, and it appears it has never been brushed. The only mark is a faint spot of slightly darker toning from a dusting of fine carbon in the field before the neck. M-LDS, Breen state II late. The strike along the upper edge of LIBERTY is incomplete and the tops of those letters are missing. Similar weakness shows along the opposing dentil tips on the bottom of the reverse. Both dies are obviously well worn and there are die clashmarks inside the wreath, but the reverse die remains uncracked. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Mervis provenance are shown on the NGC label.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Adam Mervis, Heritage 1/10/2014:2744.
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