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1816 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65BN.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1816 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65BN.
1816 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown with considerable mint red showing on both sides, 10% on the obverse and 25% on the reverse. The fields are satiny and the eye appeal is outstanding. The only marks are some microscopic specks of darker toning around the date and stars 11-13, none visible without a strong glass. E-MDS with a thin rim cud break at stars 11-12. Struck very slightly off center to K-2. Called MS63 and finest known in the Noyes census (and the only mint state example in his census), his photo #20821. Bland also says this one is MS63 and finest known over a single MS60 on his list. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64. PCGS Population 1; none finer. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:494-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:77. Our item number 137138 "