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1813 S-292 R2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Lustrous chocolate brown and steel with lighter
steel brown toning in protected areas. A very attractive cent,
essentially flawless. The notable marks are a microscopic plan-
chet flake under the left foot of the second 1 in the date and a
tiny tick on the jaw over the throat. E-MDS, Breen state II, with
die clashmarks on both sides and light flowlines in the fields.
Graded MS60 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #34165.
Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#4.
Our grade is MS60.
The
attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the
PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2; none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36511)
Estimated Value ...........................................................$8,000-UP
Ex Milton A. Holmes, Stack’s 10/1960:1471-Worthy Coin Co.
(Corrado Romano)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Abe Kosoff 10.1961:379-
Gene Reale, Sotheby’s 1/15/1998:52-Kenneth Goldman and
Stuart Levine, Bowers & Merena 1/11/1999:334.