Lot 191
1839 N-9 R2 Silly Head PCGS graded MS65+ Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Gorgeous mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the devices with two-thirds of the planchet showing mint red. A gem cent in every respect. The best identifying marks, and they are trivial, are a light diagonal tick under the right corner of the eye, a shallow diagonal planchet chip on the cheek right of the lower lip, and a tiny wisp of darker steel toning at the dentil tips under the end of the wreath ribbon. Nicely struck E-MDS. The three fine parallel lines from the upper left point of star 7 are visible and there are no rim cud breaks on the obverse. The always-present bisecting die crack from the rim over star 5 through the portrait to the dentils left of star 13 is light but clear. A fabulous "Silly Head" cent worthy of the finest collection. Not seen by Noyes or Bland. Our grade is MS65+. The attribution and Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; finest RB of the variety at both services. PCGS #37235. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
Ex The Richard Jewell Collection Sale, American Numismatic Rarities 3/8/2005:1170-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes an old collection envelope and the ANR lot ticket).
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