Lot 1023
1851 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Both 1's repunched. Lustrous bright mint red just starting to shift to light steel brown on the highpoints, 90% of the red remaining. The only marks are a few small spots of dark bluish steel and olive toning, including one at the tip of the chin and another in the dentils under star 12, plus a pair of light nicks on the rim at F-A. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars and fully impressed devices on both sides. MDS, die state a late. The diagonal die lines in the field around the date are very dull but remain visible. The multiple repunching on the first 1 and the single repunching between the bases of the 5 & 1 remain clear. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30842. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Ruddy 4/6/78:65 (via Del Bland).
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