Lot 1022
1851 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Both 1's repunched. Glossy chocolate and bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint color on the obverse. Frosty luster covers the protected areas. There are a few small spots scattered over the obverse, including one at the upper right point of star 13. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state a. Dull die lines down to the right cover the field around the date and before the portrait. Multiple repunching shows under the first 1 and the base of another stray 1 is visible between the lower parts of the 5 & second 1. At least one of the repunchings on the first 1 was inverted, and the base of the inverted 1 crosses the upright of the normal 1 just above its center. Called MS60 and tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #55130. Our grade is MS60+, tied for CC#6 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex "The Wurtzbach Group" (Carl Wurtzbach)-unknown consignor, Stack's 1976 ANA Sale 8/24/76:395.
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