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1812 S-288 R2 Large Date. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
. Lustrous
steel brown and medium chocolate with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas
and slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. A very attractive Classic Head
cent. The only marks, and they are not at all significant, are a nick hidden in the hair
over the shoulder and a faint spot of very fine carbon touching the leaf under the M
in AMERICA. M-LDS, Breen state III. The fields are covered with radial die flowlines
and the tops of STATES OF AME flow into the rim. Graded MS60 and tied for CC#3 in
the Noyes census, his photo #37702. Bland says MS60 and tied for CC#5.
Our grade is
MS60
. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 3; 1 finer in MS66 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36505)
Estimated Value................................................................................................. $15,000-UP
Ex Milton A. Holmes, Stack’s 10/1960:1467-Robert A. Arnel, Stack’s 1/1967:10-unknown-
Stack’s 6/1968:3-unknown-Jeff Garrett, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior
2/9/1999:2156 (Superior lot ticket included).