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1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS65BN.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS65BN.
1838 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Highly lustrous dark bluish steel and olive with original mint color covering the protected areas on both sides, at least 15% of the mint red remaining. Has to be close to a Red & Brown designation. The only marks are a tiny planchet lamination at the dentils over star 4 and a thin nick on the bust over the first 8 in the date, plus a spot of reddish brown toning left of the bottom of star 11. Sharply struck EDS with crisp recutting on RIC in AMERICA. Great eye appeal. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #28701 (CC#1 is in the ANS Museum). Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 1; none finer. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:695-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:363. Our item number 137584 "