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1838 N-9 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown

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1838 N-9 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown
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1,900.00USD+ buyer's premium (380.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Jul 01 @ 22:39UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Very attractive lustrous bluish steel brown with peeps of faded mint red on the obverse and 15% of the reverse showing brighter mint color. The surfaces are satiny and the only defects are a couple shallow planchet flakes around the reverse rim, the largest one in the dentils over the right side of the I in AMERICA (as struck). Sharply struck showing radial lines in all of the stars. EDS with very fine die flowlines creating satiny luster that covers the fields but without a rim cud break under the date. In addition, there are unexplained small beads or "phantom dentils" on the rim (similar to those found on early die state examples of 1838 N-6) at stars 3-5 and below star 1. Called MS62 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #58492. Our grade is MS62 as well. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label.



Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 11/24/2004-Evan Kopald (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 5/2006-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:524-Chris McCawley-Doctor Thomas Wachtel Collection