Lot 1034
1851 N-12 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Glossy steel and chocolate brown with underlying frosty mint luster covering the planchet. Generous traces of mint color remain on the obverse and 10% of the original mint color shows on the reverse. A microscopic struck-through line caused by a piece of thread or wire meanders down through the lips, as struck, and a faint diagonal hairline shows in the field under the chin. Excellent eye appeal, hence the lofty grade awarded by PCGS. LDS, die state d (Newcomb's old #11). The die lines and points at the inner and main curls are gone except for a single tiny point up to right from the top of the inner curl. Called MS63 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #55028. Our grade is MS60+, tied for CC#10 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex David Golding 6/21/52:448.
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