1837 1C N-9, BN MS(PCGS#37132)

1837 1C N-9, BN MS (PCGS#37132)

May 2010 Pre-Long Beach Auction #59

Losbeschreibung: Lot 480 1837 Coronet Head Cent.PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.Glossy steel brown and light olive, the reverse a few shades lighter. The only marks are a tiny rim nick at star 11 and another off the stem tip. Nicely struck MDS with additional die cracks from the nose to star 1, through the 3 to the lowest curl, down from the dentils into the field where it forks between stars 7 & 8, up from the bun through star 9 to the dentils, and from the dentils at star 11 through star 12 to the dentils at star 13. The bisecting die crack through the portrait now reaches the dentils at each end. The obverse die has started to shatter, and the two die cracks on the reverse are stronger. The first crack now extends weakly from the leaf below to the left foot of the first A in AMERICA, and the second crack extends through the first S in STATES to the dentils above its right side. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; 2 in 64; 3 in 65; 3 in 66.DWH #1629 (PCGS # 37132) . Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex 1985 EAC Sale, lot 529.