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1839 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS64RB.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1839 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS64RB.
1839 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS64RB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Head of 1838. Highly lustrous dark bluish steel and olive with slightly faded mint color covering 15% of the obverse and at least half of the reverse. There is a speck of dark toning in the field before the browlock and a planchet flake on the right edge of the nostril, as struck. Similar tiny planchet flakes can be found in the dentils at the bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse, all as struck. Otherwise this cent is a gem, and the eye appeal remains excellent. LDS. The fields are flowlined and the die lines at RICA and STA are gone. Called MS65 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS62 and tied for CC#7, his photo #20843. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 1; 1 finer in 65RB. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex 1974 ANA Sale (Paramount), lot 344-Jerry A. Bobbe 12/81. Our item number 137587 "