Lot 353
1843 N-16 R4 Mature Head, Large Letters PCGS graded MS64+ Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty light to medium steel brown with nearly 25% of the mellowed mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. The best identifying marks are a tiny nick on the coronet over B and a very tiny rim nick above the O in OF, neither mark at all distracting. The obverse fields show several very tiny lint marks where specks of debris were stuck on the die. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state a (there is no state b). All the fine die lines and points are clear and the fields are satiny from microscopic die flowlines. A beautiful cent offering excellent eye appeal. Our grade is MS63, tied for finest known honors with two other examples in the Grellman census. And it comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Holmes-Heard provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 65 for the variety. PCGS #405949. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex James G. Macallister 10/20/1930-unknown-Stack's 3/17/1987:220-Manuel Ahumada 3/1997-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:159-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:69-Gene Heard Collection (includes the Brown and Holmes collection envelopes and the first 2 lot tickets).
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