Description:

1840 N-10 R2 Large Date. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to light steel brown, two-thirds of the original mint color remaining. Excellent eye appeal, close to gem. The notable defects are a thin planchet lamination from the rim down through the U in UNITED to the wreath below, as struck, plus a tiny carbon spot close under the C in CENT and another over the left side of the N in ONE. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The dull die line at the dentils tips over MERI is clear. Our grade is MS64+, very close to MS65. Finest known by a small margin in the Grellman census, which contains only 5 confirmed mint state examples for this variety. PCGS population 1; the only Red & Brown example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2404 (PCGS # 395847) .
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Stack's 1/15/02:823-Chris McCawley 3/04.

Categories: The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents