1843 N-14 R6+ Proof-Only. PCGS graded Proof 64 Red & Brown. Medium brown with steel brown highpoints and 15% of the mellowed mint red remaining on the obverse, 30% on the reverse. The fields are nicely reflective with moderate to deep mirrors. There is an area of iridescent bluish steel and rose tones around star 11, a question mark-shaped struck through line above star 4, and a tiny planchet fissure on the rim left of that star, as struck. Sharply struck with excellent eye appeal. Called Proof-64 and CC#2 in the Denis Loring census.
Our grade is Proof-63, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. Either way this example is one of the finest known of this very rare proof-only variety. And it has passed through the hands of several prominent large cent specialists. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
PCGS population 1; the only Proof graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #1855
(PCGS # 408565) .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Richard Picker 6/1/1955-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 3/77-Jerry Bobbe-Richard Burdick 1985-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale, lot 298-Denis Loring-R. S. Brown, Jr. 4/17/99.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
