Lot 156
1836 N-5 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Attractive lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with traces of mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and offer excellent eye appeal. The notable marks are a small rim nick right of star 9 and a spot of dark planchet impurity on the left edge of the C in AMERICA, as struck. MDS. The fields are flowlined and there is a die crack through the tops of OF AMERICA to the dentils under the ribbon (as always). The base of the E in STATES is weak but still closed. This is the Wright plate coin for the die variety in The Cent Book. Graded MS62 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #30025. Bland says MS60. Our grade is MS60+. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Brown-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; tied for finest BN of the variety at both services. PCGS #37123. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Denis Loring 1980-R. S Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:812-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1120-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:836-John McGinty, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/10/2008:1519-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the last 3 lot tickets).
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