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1838 N-5 R1 PCGS graded MS65RB.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1838 N-5 R1 PCGS graded MS65RB.
1838 N-5 R1 PCGS graded MS65RB. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. The obverse is frosty mint red fading to steel brown, at least 20% of the original mint color still showing. The reverse is a darker shade of light olive and chocolate brown with bluish steel overtones and slightly faded mint red in protected areas. A small spot of darker toning at the outer point of star 10 is the only notable mark on otherwise choice surfaces. E-MDS with a sharp spike up to the left from the coronet where it touches the curl. The reverse die clashmarks inside the wreath are clear and a faint die crack connects the E in STATES to the leaf tip below the adjacent T. Called MS63 and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#2, his photo #20667. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 1; none finer. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:693-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:358. Our item number 137405 "