1838 1C N-6, BN MS(PCGS#37195)

May 2010 Pre-Long Beach Auction #59

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

520

Grade

MS66BN

Price

1,610

Lot Description

Lot 520 1838 Coronet Head Cent.PCGS graded MS-66 Brown.Lustrous light bluish steel brown with peeps of very faded mint red on the obverse. Choice except for a shallow planchet flake just left of the O in ONE, as struck. Scarce EDS with dentils extending over the rim on the right side of the obverse, strongest at stars 11 & 12. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive. Called MS61 and CC#12 in the Noyes census, his photo #37286. Our grade is MS62. Pop 1; The finest graded at PCGS. Only two graded for the variety at PCGS in Brown. The other is XF40.DWH #1677 (PCGS # 37195) . Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex Wayte Raymond MBS 11/20/45:186-Dr. Kenneth Sartoris-Del Bland 5/72-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:861.