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1820/19 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS65RB.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1820/19 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS65RB.
1820/19 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS65RB. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Small Overdate 20 over 19. Highly lustrous light steel brown with bluish steel overtones, especially on the reverse. Much original mint color remains, about a third on the obverse and 10% on the reverse. A speck of darker toning in the field close under the chin is the only notable defect, and it is trivial. Outstanding eye appeal. EDS with remnants of the undertype 9 visible under the 0. The undertype 1 below the 2 is strong. Not quite fully struck up on the hairbuns and at CE in CENT. Called MS65 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #35343. Bland says MS65 and tied for CC#2. Our grade is MS64. PCGS Population 1; 1 finer in 66RB. Estimated Value $6,000-UP. Ex A Mark MBS 6/10/74:97-Jerry A. Bobbe 12/4/74-C. Douglas Smith (Comes with a handwritten note from Ted discussing this cent and how it compared to the following lot, which he felt was slightly the better of the two coins. We agree.). Our item number 137478 "