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1839 N-15 R5+ Booby Head PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved

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1839 N-15 R5+ Booby Head PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved
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13,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (2,600.00)
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Glossy light chocolate brown with frosty lighter golden brown in the protected areas where satiny mint luster remains. Only a few microscopic marks, including a faint horizontal hairline in the field over star 1 and a small spot of reddish chocolate toning low on the neck. Just a touch of friction on the highest points from mint state. EDS, the only die state known for the variety. Called MS60- and CC#1 by 15 points in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 and finest known by a full 20 points, his photo #28830. Our grade is AU55. Clearly this piece is the undisputed finest known example of the rarest variety of the year. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label.

Certificate #37258.62/13091990

Ex Ed Milas (Rare Coin Company of America, RARCOA) 10/1972-Jerry A. Bobbe-C. Douglas Smith-Jerry A. Bobbe-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:475-Colonel Ellsworth Collection