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1839 N-12 R4 Booby Head PCGS graded AU58

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1839 N-12 R4 Booby Head PCGS graded AU58
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4,600.00USD+ buyer's premium (920.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Jul 01 @ 23:05UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Glossy dark olive and steel delicately mottled with lighter brown, especially on the reverse. The surfaces look perfectly smooth but a glass reveals traces of extremely fine microscopic roughness hidden under the glossy toning. No verdigris, and the only marks are trivial ticks here and there. The only notable mark is a thin diagonal nick in the field at the bust tip. This cent has really nice eye appeal. MDS with a strong die crack from the dentils through star 4 to the nose fading out at it reaches the curl behind the neck. Called EF40 and CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #20848. Bland says EF45 and CC#4. Our grade is EF40. A solid condition census example of this rare variety, and it comes with a great provenance. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label.



Ex James G. Macallister 3/28/1931 (as "A-5" and/or "A-7")-Henry C. Hines 10/28/1949-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-Del Bland-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:467-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2225-Colonel Ellsworth Collection, Early Cents Auctions 9/2/2022:248-Doctor Thomas Wachtel Collection (includes the Ellsworth lot ticket)