1823/2 N-1 R2 Overdate 3 over 2 PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Frosty medium brown mixed with slightly darker chocolate and olive brown tones. No spots or stains and only a few small contact marks. The notable ones are a thin diagonal nick in the middle of the jawline and a very thin horizontal nick above the N in ONE. Nicely struck EDS without any crumbling in the dentils on the obverse. The overdate feature is sharp and the fields are slightly prooflike. A very nice example of date that is difficult to find in high grade. Called AU55 in the Bland census.
Our grade is AU50+, close to AU55. The attribution and Fitzgerald provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
Population 1; none finer at PCGS. Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 7/1939:700 (as Proof)-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/1955-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:96 (as Uncirculated, prooflike)-Dr. Wayne G. Slife, Lester Merkin 10/6/1972:562 (as Uncirculated)-John Tondra (via Lester Merkin) 1980-Garry Fitzgerald collection.
U.S. Colonial and Copper Coins,
Large Cents
