1839 N-15 R6- EF45. Attractive glossy light to medium steel brown with frosty flowline luster covering the protected areas. There is a small carbon spot in the leaf under the E in AMERICA and a few tiny contact marks on each side, including a small nick on the bottom edge of the bust over the 9. EDS. The die state is virtually identical for all known example of this rare variety. The obverse die is new and the details are crisp while the reverse die is heavily worn and cracked at NITED-STAT. Excellent eye appeal. Second finest according to the Noyes census, and tied for second finest at EF45 if you use the Bland census. Either way it a great coin.
Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (#1778704/010). The attribution and Ron Adam provenance are shown on the NGC label, which is included.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Ronnie Adam, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:1016-Dan Holmes, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:561 (the Holmes lot ticket is included).
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