1824 1C N-3, BN MS(PCGS#36772)

May 2010 Pre-Long Beach Auction #59

Commissaire-priseur

Goldberg Auctioneers

Numéro du lot

187

Grade

MS62BN

Prix

3 680

Description du lot

Lot 187 1824 N-3 R2.PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate, the obverse delicately mottled with some darker olive brown tones. The fields and protected areas are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal is excellent. The notable marks are a light diagonal nick in the center of the neck, a faint diagonal hairline under star 8, a faint spot of microscopic roughness in the field under the chin, and a few tiny pinpricks at the left base of the N in CENT. EDS with a sharp inner circle around most of the obverse. Nicely struck except for some minor weakness on the tip of the coronet. The reverse is slightly misaligned to K-5.5 while the obverse is nearly centered on the planchet. Noyes photo #58222. Our grade is AU55. Pop 1. The only Brown example graded at PCGS.DWH #2511 (PCGS # 36772) . Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 4/04:1009-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:776.