1813 1C S-293, BN MS(PCGS#36514)

February 2020 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #115

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

147

Grade

MS63+BN

Price

13,800

Lot Description

Lot 147 1813 S-293 R2. PCGS graded MS-63+ Brown.Frosty light to medium chocolate brown with lighter brown and tan toning in protected areas on the obverse. Mint luster shows in the fields and protected areas. There is a thin vertical scuff in the field left of star 10 and puffs of darker olive brown toning at the N and D in UNITED plus another at the first T in STATES. MDS, Breen state III, with clashmarks on both sides and a raised ridge over TES-OF-AM. The repunching on the 3 remains clear. Struck slightly off center to K-4 leaving some of the obverse dentils off the planchet. Graded AU55 net EF45 in the Noyes census, his photo #20669. Our grade is AU50+, close to AU55. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 65. Only 2 graded MS at PCGS.(PCGS # 36514) Value $8,500 - UP Ex Joseph A. Stack Collection, Bowers & Ruddy 4/23/1979:172-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1986 EAC Sale, lot 162-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 10/4/1986-Douglas F. Bird Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and the Bowers & Ruddy lot ticket).