Lot 189
1839 N-5 R2 Booby Head PCGS graded MS64+ Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with at least 5% of the mint red remaining visible on both sides. Mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent. The only marks, and they are invisible to the unaided eye, are a very faint hairline in the field before the nose down to star 3, a light scuff along the truncation, and traces of an old fingerprint near the leaves under MER in AMERICA. MDS. There are very fine die flowlines in the fields on both sides but the dentils are complete. A very nice "Booby Head" type of 1839 cent. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 3 finer, 1 in 65, 2 in 66 for the variety. PCGS #37237. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex Dr. Thomas J. Turissini, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/8/1994:428-Manuel Ahumada Collection (lot ticket included).
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