1823 1C N-2, BN MS(PCGS#36757)

September 2019 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #112

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

100

Grade

XF40BN

Price

2,880

Lot Description

Lot 100 1823 N-2 R2 PCGS graded XF40.Frosty light olive and steel brown. Satiny mint luster shows in the fields and protected areas. No roughness or verdigris, but there are numerous small nicks scattered over both sides, none notable but far too many for the sharpness grade. M-LDS with a rim cud break from star 4 to star 6.5 with a clear void in the break at star 6. Our grade is EF40 sharpness net VF25. Comes with a great provenance. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP Ex John Borky, Thomas L. Elder 6/1935:946-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Del Bland)-Jack Beymer (in trade for an 1803 C-2 half cent VF30) 8/23/197-Bob Grellman 3/1987-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2017:794-Jack Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack's Bowers 3/30/2016:10065-The Westwood Collection (includes the collection envelopes of Blaisdell, Naftzger, and Grellman plus the last two lot tickets).