Owner Comments:
PCGS graded MS 66 RB, EAC MS65
Variety: N-10, Head of 1838, "Accessory N", TDS
Ex: Lauder, Naftzger
This coin has fabulous luster and ample coppery color on both sides. There are no contact marks to be found. The strike is quite good, though most stars lack full definition. Of my Naftzger purchases, this one has the most original color and best matched obverse & reverse. The variety has an N errantly punched into the wreath below the N in UNITED. Despite the very late die state, that N is still apparent.
I bought this coin in February 2009 (Super Bowl Sunday) in the Goldbergs' sale of the Ted Naftzger collection. Although I had a fabulous 65BN 1837 N-9, rivaling (in my estimation) the best N-9 examples in the Naftzger collection, I thought it would be wise to get as much as I could from that sale. There were several nice 1837s that would make good registry upgrades. Due to distractingly uneven toning and lack of 'red', I passed on a 66RB N-4 that sold at a pretty low price. A nice 66BN N-10 went for 50% over my limit, leaving this as the last serious 1837 target. So I went over my limit to get it, matching the high price paid for the 1833.
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From the Goldberg's catalog:
Beaded Hair Cord, Head of 1838. "Accessory N" variety. Lustrous original mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints, two-thirds of the mint color remaining on both sides. Nearly perfect, a tiny tick just above the nostril and a couple small spots of darker brown toning close before the lips being the best identifying marks, and they are certainly trivial. LDS with rim cud breaks from under star 13 clockwise to the left edge of star 1 with a void in the cud below the 18 and another under star 1. Called MS65+ and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#2, his photo #21471. Our grade is MS65.
Photo credit: Electric Peak Collection