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1839 N-13 R2 Booby Head PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown, CAC Approved

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1839 N-13 R2 Booby Head PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown, CAC Approved
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11,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (2,200.00)
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 02 @ 21:30UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Lustrous light chocolate brown and olive with 20-25% of the mint red remaining on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is outstanding. Nearly void of defects. A tiny planchet void on the rim just right of the date and a tiny diagonal nick or planchet flake over the right top of the E in CENT are the best identifying marks, but neither is at all significant. M-LDS with die cracks on the reverse, including a fine one through ES in STATES to the dentils over the left side of the adjacent O. A very nice Booby Head cent. Graded MS65 and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#3 (no Noyes photo # available). Our grade is MS63. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label.

Certificate #37253.65/83247240

Ex Stack's 10/1956:1956 (misattributed as N-5)-Frank H. Masters, Rare Coin Company of America (RARCOA) 5/14/1971:258 (as N-5)-Catherine E. Bullowa (Coinhunter) 12/2005:375-unknown-Superior 8/2007:23-Manuel Ahumada Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2017:194-Michael Gasvoda (The Arizona Collection), Heritage Auctions 1/12/2022:3111-Colonel Ellsworth Collection (includes the last lot ticket)