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[L#0289] 1842 Small Date 50c NGC PF65 ex Norweb

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[L#0289] 1842 Small Date 50c NGC PF65 ex Norweb
In NGC holder #551959-012 and described by Bowers in the 1988 sale of the Norweb sale, part 3 as "the obverse is brilliant with delicate champagne toning, with some darker hues at the border. The reverse is a mixture of mottled light brown and gray. A tiny nick is seen in the field near the drapery." It is believed just four Proofs exist of this early piece, as enumerated by Walter Breen:

1. Smithsonian Institution.
2. American Numismatic Society.
3. This coin. Ex Norweb Collection.
4. An example earlier in the Boyd Collection.

The significance of this offering needs no reiteration here, and provides a marvelous opportunity for the specialist. Norweb purchased it from Albert Fairchild Holden, circa 1908.