Lot 172
1837 N-17 R4 Plain Hair Cord, Medium Letters PCGS graded MS65+ Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty medium brown and light olive with delicate hints of bluish steel overtone and original mint color covering 15% of the planchet, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are lustrous and this cent offers great eye appeal. The only mark of any significance is a thin scuff across the outer point of star 13. E-MDS with a clear rim cud break at star 5 but without the die crack from the stem tip to the dentils. Struck with the dies not in perfect axial alignment (the die faces not perfectly parallel) resulting in a very sharp impression on the upper left area of the obverse and a slightly weak impression on the lower right, as usual on the early states of this variety. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS62 and CC#2, his photo #21784. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Naftzger-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; finest of the variety at both services. PCGS #37177. Estimate Value $7,500 - UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:689-Floyd T. Starr, 1949 ANA Sale 8/23/1949:1724-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:400-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket).
|
| |
| Realized $6,463 |
