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Lot 15 - 1812 Classic Head Cent S-288 R2 NGC MS66 Brown.

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Lot 15 - 1812 Classic Head Cent S-288 R2 NGC MS66 Brown.
1812 Classic Head Cent. Sheldon-288. Rarity-2. Highly lustrous bluish steel and chocolate brown with traces of underlying lighter brown toning on the obverse. Beautiful satiny mint luster covers all but the very highest points of the design, and the eye appeal of this cent is truly outstanding. The only marks, and they are trivial, are traces of an old fingerprint in the field under the chin, a pair of very light hairline scratches above the 8 in the date, and a spot of lighter brown toning on the wreath under the I in UNITED. MDS, Breen die state II. Called MS62 and tied for finest known honors with one other example in the Noyes census, his photo #21011. (#1561)<p><i>The Franklin Dean Collection; Ex Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974:947-Jerry A. Bobbe-Gordon J. Wrubel 2/75-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint).</i>