1820 1C N-5, Small Date, BN MS(PCGS#36691)
1820 1C N-5, Small Date, BN MS (PCGS#36691)
September 2020 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #117
- 拍卖行
- Goldberg Auctioneers
- 批号
- 112
- 等级
- MS62BN
- 价格
- 34,068
- 详细说明
- Lot 112 1820 N-5 R3 Small Date PCGS graded MS62 Brown.Glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter golden brown toning faded down from mint color in the fields and protected areas. This cent has excellent eye appeal with lots of underlying mint luster remaining on both sides. There is a small spot of reddish chocolate toning at the throat, and a speck of verdigris is located in the center of this spot. Otherwise just a few trivial contact marks including a tiny diagonal nick midway between star 1 and the chin. Sharply struck EDS with smooth, hard fields on both sides and parts of an inner circle visible at the dentils around more than half of the obverse. Called MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31165. Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#3 among the confirmed examples in his census. Our grade is AU55.Comes with a long provenance that includes several prominent cent collectors. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #36691. Pop 2; only 2 examples graded higher in 64 at PCGS for the variety. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 1939-Judge Thomas Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. 12/7/1957:1399-Emanuel Taylor, Abe Kosoff 10/11/1961:471-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Lester Merkin 9/1967:79-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Bob Shalowitz 1979-Bill Noyes, 1983 EAC Sale, lot 350-Carvin Goodridge 4/4/1992-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3441-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:131-Greg Hannigan-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2062-Chuck Hall Collection (includes the Smith, Goodridge, Rasmussen, and Holmes collection envelopes plus the last 4 lot tickets).