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1816 N-9 R3 PCGS UNC Details Cleaned

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1816 N-9 R3 PCGS UNC Details Cleaned
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1816 N-9 R3 PCGS UNC Details Cleaned

Sharpness close to mint state but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned frosty medium steel brown with lighter steel brown in protected areas. There is a puff of darker steel toning in the field between stars 2 & 3 and a swipe of darker olive brown toning at the bottom of the reverse. No notable contact marks and the eye appeal of this cent is quite nice in spite of the old cleaning. LDS. The repunching on the 18 is gone. Our grade is net AU50. This is the plate coin for the variety in John Wright's book on the cents of 1816-1839, and it comes with a very nice provenance. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label.

Ex Charles J. DuPont (Anderson DuPont Sale), Stack's 9/24/1954:533 (as Mint State)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Stacks 5/1/1981:710-Jack Collins, Bowers & Ruddy 1/25/1983:550 (as MS60)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:453-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:297 (as MS60)-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:636-Mike Bristow, 2002 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/20/2002:384-Colonel Ellsworth Collection