Lot 80
1826/5 N-8 R2 Overdate 6 over 5 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints of the portrait. Peeps of mellowed mint red are visible on both sides, mostly on the reverse. The notable marks are a small puff of slightly darker toning in the field off the end of the nose, a barely visible nick on the rim at star 2, and a spot of dark olive brown toning (not carbon) just left of the bottom of the first S in STATES. Looks mint state but there is a faint hint of rub on the highest points of the portrait. MDS with a bit of crumbling inside the top of the N in ONE. The bar inside the top of the 6 is dull but visible. Graded MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo #20028. Bland says AU55. Our grade is AU58+, very close to MS60. The attribution and Naftzger-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 4 finer, 2 in 64, 1 in 65, 1 in 66 for the variety. PCGS #36835. Estimate Value $6,000 - UP
From England-Jon G. Hanson 4/1977-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale 4/1989:278 (as MS60)-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and EAC Sale lot ticket).
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| Realized $9,400 |
