^Lot 24 1831 N-9 R2 Large Letters, PCGS graded MS64+ Red & Brown

1831 N-9 R2 Large Letters, PCGS graded MS64+ Red & BrownFrosty medium brown and light chocolate with mint red covering 10% of the obverse while nearly half the reverse shows mint color. The surfaces are lustrous and the eye appeal is quite nice, but there are a few marks. The notable marks are a diagonal nick under the right corner of the eye, a spot of darker toning (not carbon) over the left side of the N in ONE, and a short trail of dull ticks near the leaf above that E. E-MDS, die state b. The obverse is cracked through the date and stars, as always, and there is an additional very fine crack from the left point of star 5 to the dentils. Nicely struck with radial lines in all the stars. A very nice cent. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#1 with one other examples in the Noyes census, his photo #27081. Our grade is MS62. Comes with an important provenance.Certificate Number: 36983.64+/83245082Pedigree: Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:630-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:253 (as MS63)-John J. Nicholas, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:564-Chris McCawley 9/1999-Manuel Ahumada Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:120-Terry S. Denman Collection