1822 1C N-8, BN MS(PCGS#36733)

1822 1C N-8, BN MS (PCGS#36733)

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

Lot Description: Lot 90 1822 N-8 R4 NGC graded AU58.Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with lots of frosty tan and light brown in the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and nearly void of marks. A very light nearly horizontal nick under the right point of star 4 and a faint spot of slightly darker toning under star 11 can help identify this cent, but you will need a good glass to see them. There are traces of dirt in some of the protected areas and it appears this cent has never been brushed or "improved" in any way. Nicely struck E-MDS with a very light die crack through the tops of UNITED STATES. Our grade is AU50. A new discovery that appears to be the second finest known of this scarce die variety behind only the PCGS PR64BN (Noyes grade AU55) from the Ted Naftzger-Twin Leaf Collections. Clearly superior to the Wright plate coin and the Holmes example. A very important cent for the advanced collector. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP Ex Jack Beymer 10/12/2016-The Westwood Collection.