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1822 N-6 R3 PCGS graded MS63BN.

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1822 N-6 R3 PCGS graded MS63BN.
1822 N-6 R3 PCGS graded MS63BN. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Iridescent light chocolate brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel in protected areas. A small spot of darker toning high on the neck under the earlobe and several tiny pinpricks on the bust tip are the only contact marks visible without a glass. M-LDS with prooflike fields on both sides, and those fields display faint hairlines. In addition, there is a very fine struck-through line in the field under the hair bun and a shorter one below the E in UNITED, both caused by a tiny piece of lint or wire on the die. Struck-through marks from lint or fine wire are often found on proof strikes, a result of the frequent cleaning and polishing done to preserve the proof finish. The struck-through marks on this piece combined with the reflective fields have led highly respected numismatists to believe this example is a proof. Denis Loring calls this piece Proof-63 in his census of proof large cents, Del Bland calls it Proof- 60, and Walter Breen listed it as the only example he was convinced was a Proof. It was cataloged as a Proof in the Stack's sale of the Floyd T. Starr collection. We are doubtful of the true proof status of this cent, but we agree it has a significantly different look than found on the normal business strikes of the die variety. Noyes calls it MS60 and tied for CC#2, his photo #35420. Our grade is MS60+ Prooflike. PCGS Population 2; 1 finer in 64BN. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:550-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:151 (as Proof). Our item number 137490 "