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263
Equal Finest S-284
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1810 S-284 R3. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
.
Beautiful frosty bluish
steel and olive brown with peeps of faded mint red on the reverse. Mint luster covers this
cent and it offers superb eye appeal. No spots or stains and just a few trivial marks. The
notable ones are a tiny nick on the lower left curve of the first 8, an extremely faint hairline
hidden in the hair under the E in LIBERTY, and a microscopic planchet flake under the
upright of the E in ONE. M-LDS Breen state III. There are dull clashmarks in the field
before the nose and a narrow rim cud break over ST extending halfway to the adjacent D.
The dentils on the reverse are gone. Graded MS62 Choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes
census, his photo #20419. Bland says MS61 and tied for CC#1.
Our grade is MS64.
The
attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2;
none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36481)
Estimated Value..................................................................................................... $25,000-UP
Ex R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Abe Kosoff 4/1956:126-Stack’s-Doris E. Nelson-Toby and Doris E.
(Nelson) Szymanski (the “TAD” Collection), Stack’s 2/6/1976:80-New England Rare Coin
Galleries-Eugene Edwards-Robert LeBlanc (LeBlanc Numismatics)-Denis Loring 6/1979-
R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint) 6/1997 (includes the
Naftzger collection envelope on which he also indicates he obtained the cent from T. James
Clarke in 1954, and that Clarke obtained it in the 1933 William Festus Morgan sale, both of
which may not be accurate).