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1833 C-1 R5 as a Proof PCGS graded PR63 Red & Brown

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,900.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 USD and UP
1833 C-1 R5 as a Proof PCGS graded PR63 Red & Brown
1833 C-1 R5 as a Proof PCGS graded PR63 Red & Brown. PCGS graded Proof 63 Red & Brown. Mellowing mint red shifting to light bluish steel and olive on the devices, about half the red remaining. The strike is needle-sharp and the fields are nicely reflective on both sides. There are a half dozen tiny specks of dark carbon around the 18 in the date and microscopic hairlines on both sides, mostly inside the wreath on the reverse. EDS, Breen state IV. There is a faint die crack connecting stars 2-7 but the obverse has no trace of die clashmarks. This is an impressive half cent that offers outstanding eye appeal. Our grade is consistent with the slab grade. The attribution and Whister provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Noyes photo #74324. Comes with a very impressive provenance. PCGS population 1; the only Proof Red & Brown graded at PCGS for the variety.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex John Haseltine's 65th Sale, addenda 32, 3/1/1883:32 (as "brilliant bright red proof")-T. Harrison Garrett (father, who died 7 June 1888 in a boating accident)-Alice Whitridge Garrett (mother) prior to 1902-Robert Garrett (son, who traded it for artwork in 1919)-John Work Garrett (son, who died in June 1942)-Alice Warder Garrett (wife of John Work Garrett; she died in July 1952)-Johns Hopkins University, Bowers & Ruddy 11/28/1979:29-Stanley Kesselman-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 3/1992-Eric Streiner 8/1993-Don Kagin, Marin Numismatics 9/1993-Jim McGuigan 4/23/1995.