Lot 698
1830 N-6 R4 Medium Letters PCGS graded AU50. Frosty medium steel brown and chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lighter brown toning in protected areas. Nearly flawless offering outstanding eye appeal. The only marks, and they are barely visible with a glass, are a faint diagonal hairline scratch in the field off the chin and a vertical line of extremely tiny ticks left of the C in CENT. E-MDS, before the die crack from the bust to the dentils under star 1. The strike is a bit soft on the portrait, most of the stars, and on parts of the wreath, which is typical of the variety. Fully struck examples of this variety are extremely rare. Our grade is EF40+, close to EF45 (but if we graded it by the surfaces it would rate a solid AU50). The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 1 finer in 67.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
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