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1839/6 N-1 R3+ Overdate 9 over 6 (or inverted 9) AU

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,750.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 USD and UP
1839/6 N-1 R3+ Overdate 9 over 6 (or inverted 9) AU
1839/6 N-1 R3+ Overdate 9 over 6 (or inverted 9) AU50. Glossy light chocolate brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the obverse highpoints. Subtle overtones of bluish steel are found in the recesses of the hair curls and at star 5. Frosty mint luster covers the protected areas on both sides and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. There is just a light touch of wear on the highest points of the design. A thin diagonal nick just right of the nostril, a couple more over the E's in ONE CENT, and a collection of microscopic planchet flakes (as struck) around the end of the wreath stem are the notable marks. MDS with a clear die crack from the dentils over star 3 to the nose and eye fading out when it exits the right corner of the eye. Called AU50 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#2, his photo #28678. One of the other CC#2 examples in the census lists is impounded in the ANS Museum. The field of top pieces is quite limited, and the pressure to obtain one is great. Only a single mint state example is known, and it may not be available for decades. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (the PCGS label is included, and it shows the attribution and Naftzger provenance).
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex R. Goldstone 1959-C. Douglas Smith-M. Kaplan 3/59-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:182-F. E. Knoble, Lester Merkin 2/70-C. Douglas Smith 5/74-Jerry A. Bobbe-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:438, The Northwest Collection.