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1838 1C N-16, R.5--Damaged, Corroded--NCS. VF Details. 1838[1C] N-16, R.5--Damaged, Corroded--NCS. V

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1838 1C N-16, R.5--Damaged, Corroded--NCS. VF Details. 1838[1C] N-16, R.5--Damaged, Corroded--NCS. V
<B>1838<1C> N-16, R.5--Damaged, Corroded--NCS. VF Details. Good 5 EAC.</B></I> This example was offered as VG10 in the Robinson S. Brown, Jr. sale, and later graded VG7 by Bill Noyes. He listed this in his Census book as 23rd finest. John Wright purchased the discovery specimen of this variety unattributed in the 1972 ANA auction. In his reference, he tells the story of the eventual realization that his coin was a new variety, reported in late 1973 in <I>Penny-Wise.</B></I> There was apparently considerable skepticism about the variety until a second example was located, also by John Wright, confirming that N-16 is a legitimate new variety. The Reiver Collection specimen is that second example that John Wright located over 30 years ago. The surfaces are moderately corroded with olive and steel color, and with a deep punch mark on the obverse between stars 7 and 8. With sharpness in the VF range, this is a difficult example to grade. Each viewer will certainly have a different opinion about how many points to deduct for the punch mark and the corrosion, thus explaining the different grades assigned to this piece over the years. Census notes available to this cataloger state that John Wright discovered this second example on the bourse floor of the Indiana State Numismatic Association Convention in June 1973, the very same convention where Mr. Wright signed up this cataloger as a member of the Early American Coppers club.<BR><I>Ex: Allen's Coin Shop (1973); John D. Wright (1974); Robinson S. Brown, Jr. (Superior, 9/30/1986), lot 882.</B></I> Envelope Included.