1841 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1832)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1034

Grade

MS65BN

Prix

2 520

Description du lot

1841 Braided Hair Cent. N-5. Rarity-3. MS-65 BN (PCGS). Beautiful antique copper brown with incredibly serene surfaces throughout. Sharply struck with excellent definition of the central motifs and most star centers complete. Among the finest known for the die marriage, and featuring an impressive provenance, a paper envelope from the personal collection of J.R. Grellman includes a notation that this coin is tied for CC#3 for the 1841 N-5 variety. Noyes Die State C/C. PCGS# 1832. NGC ID: 2267. Provenance: From the Catherine Bullowa Moore Collection. Earlier ex Henry Hines; William Sheldon; Floyd Starr; our (Stack's) sale of the Floyd T. Starr Collection, June 1984, lot 410; R.E. Naftzger, Jr.; 1990 EAC Sale, lot 279; Robert D. Rector; J.R. Grellman (personal collection); Catherine Bullowa. Stack's lot tags and collector envelopes with provenance notes included.