1840 1C N-5, BN MS(PCGS#395831)

September 2018 Pre-Long Beach Auction #106 U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Goldberg Auctioneers

Numéro du lot

76

Grade

MS64BN

Prix

1 980

Description du lot

Lot 76 1840 N-5 R1 Large Date PCGS graded MS64 Brown.Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent. The only notable defects are a planchet flake in the dentils over star 5, as struck, and a spot of verdigris at the dentils over the left top of the first T in STATES. Nicely struck E-MDS, die state a. The repunching at the left top of the 0 in the date is clear. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Twin Leaf provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 1 in 65 at PCGS.Estimate Value $800 - UP Ex Federal Coin Exchange 10/1955:1220-Dr. Kenneth Sartoris-Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:911-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC sale lot 272-Tom Reynolds 12/1997-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:18-Jack Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack's Bowers 7/2015:2335-William Hamilton Collection (includes the Brown collection envelope, the Wadlington collection notes, and the last 2 lot tickets).