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1828 C-3 R1 MS63+

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:499.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 USD and UP
1828 C-3 R1 MS63+
1828 C-3 R1 MS63+. Lustrous slightly mellowed mint red fading to light steel brown on the devices. About 70% of the mint color remains on the obverse, 30% on the reverse. Very close to MS64 but there are a few too many faint contact marks for the higher grade. Most of the marks are in the left obverse field and near the dentils above the head, but none of these is distracting or visible without a glass. The best identifying mark is a small spot of darker bluish steel toning near the berry above AL in HALF. MDS, Manley state 3.0, with a fine die clashmark from the H in HALF showing in the field at the throat and the reverse rotated 15 degrees CW. The fields are slightly reflective and this piece offers great eye appeal. Possibly from the Collins Hoard of mint state 1828 half cents of this die variety. Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS64RB (PCGS label included, #1148.64/21723132).
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Stack's 6/21/2006:498-Michael Spurlock (via Chris McCawley FPL) 10/13/2007.