1816 1C Newcomb 4, BN MS(PCGS#36532)

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

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

211

Grade

MS66BN

Price

8,700

Lot Description

Lot 211 1816 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. CAC.Highly lustrous steel brown and light olive with 15% of the planchet showing mellowed mint red. Mint frost covers this cent and it has outstanding eye appeal. No spots or stains, and the best identifying mark is a barely visible flake on a dentil under the end of the wreath ribbon (as struck). Nicely struck with a bold curl on the forehead. M-LDS. The small dash between the C & A in AMERICA is dull but still visible and a trace of doubling shows on the left end of the bottom of the D in UNITED. Our grade is MS63. A great example of the variety; certainly comparable to the finest example of the variety in the Naftzger collection that brought $10,925 (our sale 2/1/2009:6). The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer.(PCGS # 36532) Value $5,000 - UP Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 4/2004-Great Pacific Collection.