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1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown

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1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown
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550.00USD+ buyer's premium (110.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Jul 01 @ 22:37UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Glossy chocolate and steel brown with 5% of the red remaining on the obverse, nearly 20% on the reverse. Both sides are coated with a thin layer of lacquer or a similar protectant that imparts a high gloss. (This coating could be removed, if desired.) There are traces of an old fingerprint in the field under the chin, a few tiny specks of darker toning right of star 6, and another at the dentils over the first T in STATES. A thin planchet fissure slants between the U & N in UNITED (as struck). E-MDS with smooth, slightly reflective fields, especially on the reverse, and a clear die line that gently arcs from the dentils at star 5 to star 6 (some have called this a die crack, which is incorrect, and it is gone in later states). Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label.



Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/1945:696-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:364-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:523-Terry Denman, 2018 EAC Sale, lot 409-Chris McCawley-Doctor Thomas Wachtel Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and the last 3 lot tickets)