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1839 N-4 R1 Silly Head PCGS graded MS65 Brown

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1839 N-4 R1 Silly Head PCGS graded MS65 Brown
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Lustrous medium steel brown and light olive with mellowed mint red in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless and this cent has outstanding eye appeal. The best identifying marks, and it takes a glass to see them, are a tiny tick at the end of the wreath ribbon and a small planchet flake on the upper edge of the diagonal of the N in CENT (as struck). EDS with short dashes near the dentil tips on both sides of the 9 in the date. Graded MS63 Choice and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #26138. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. (The slab is badly scuffed on the reverse.)



Ex Al Bonard-Del Bland 1964-C. Douglas Smith-Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:889-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3717-Elmer Guthrie (Great Pacific Collection), Goldbergs 2/16/2020:248-Doctor Thomas Wachtel Collection (includes the Smith, Brown, Rasmussen, and Guthrie collection envelopes and all 3 lot tickets)