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Lustrous dark bluish steel brown and chocolate, the reverse a few shades lighter than the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and offer excellent eye appeal, but there is a small patch of extremely fine roughness at the top of the E in AMERICA that detracts from an otherwise choice example. The only other mark is a small spot of slightly lighter toning on the right side of star 6. Sharply struck EDS with the die lines over AME clear and the dash between the C & A strong. The portrait details are crisp, including the hair at the forehead. The dies are not clashed. Called MS60+ and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Our grade is MS60. Ex. Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-Dorothy Paschal-New Netherlands Coin Co #50,12/1957:1327-Elliot Landau, New Netherlands Coin Co #52, 1958:124-Emanuel Taylor 10/60-Ted Naftzger Collection.

Choice light bluish steel brown with nearly a third of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. Great luster and eye appeal. A strong glass reveals a faint diagonal hairline scratch through star 3 and a couple small planchet voids on the chin and jawline, as struck. Nicely struck E-MDS. The repunching under the N in CENT is clear and the die lines on the neck are sharp. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Ex. Howard R. Newcomb, J.C. Morgenthau 5/15//1945:492-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/84:73. The Naftzger Collection envelope also lists earlier owners as David Proskey-Dr. George P. French, but this is unverified.

Frosty chocolate and medium brown with satiny mint luster in protected areas. No spots or stains, only minor contact marks scattered over both sides. An elongated pinprick just right of the date is a good identifying mark. Late die state with a fine die crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 and another from the tip of the coronet to the dentils over star 5. There is a fine, but clear, double profile along the back edge of the ear with similar doubling on the curl at star 13, both the result of die bounce. The reverse is slightly off center to K-1 while the obverse is centered on the planchet. Called AU50 and tied for CC#1 honors in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21487. Our grade is AU50. Ex. New Netherlands Coin Co #56, 6/28/62:541-C. Douglas Smith 1987-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/88:298-Ted Naftzger Collection.

Frosty medium steel brown with choice satiny surfaces and excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a small spot of darker toning in the field before the forehead and a well hidden spot of dark steel toning nestled in the curl over star 13. E-MDS. A die crack extends from the rim down through the first S in STATES to the wreath (not yet extending to the O in ONE), but the crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 has not formed. Ted noted on his envelope that this was the only mint state example known from the uncracked obverse die state (which is still true today according to the Noyes census) Called MS61 and CC#3 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes phot #21694. Our grade is MS62. Ex. Milton A. Holmes, Stack’s 10/5/60:1479-C. Douglas Smith-Stack’s- Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/88:299-Tony Terranova 3/18/88-Ted Naftzger Collection.

Highly lustrous light bluish steel brown. No spots or stains, only a few microscopic contact marks on the cheek and in the field before the portrait. Sharply struck E-MDS with a faint crack through the base of 181 but no “Mouse” break on top of the head under star 8. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census. Ex. J. P. Young, Blarney bluestone 9/29/45:689-T. James Clarke 10/54-Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff, 10/21/59:125-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-Del Bland 9/76-Ted Naftzger Collection.