Lot 35
1819 N-5 R3 PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Frosty light brown and chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and mint luster covering the fields and protected areas. A splash of reddish chocolate toning right of the E in ONE is the only defect that catches the eye, but there are a few light contact marks as well. The notable ones are a dull nick on the tip of the nose into the field and some tiny rim nicks at ED in UNITED. MDS. The obverse fields are satiny from fine die flowlines and microscopic die rust. The die line that connected the bases of the T & E in STATES in the earlier state is now incomplete and does not reach the T. A very nice cent, in the upper half of the condition census for this scarce variety. Called AU55 and CC#2 among the confirmed examples in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net EF45 and CC#5 in his census, photo #21026. Our grade is AU50. The attribution and Holmes-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 64 for the variety. PCGS #36640. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex F. C. C. Boyd, New Netherlands Coin Co., 12/7/1957:1387-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale, 5/1990:91-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3426-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:115-(via Greg Hannigan)-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2052-Manuel Ahumada Collection.
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| Realized $2,938 |
