Lot 1049
1851 N-18 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mint red faded to steel and olive on the highpoints, 80% of the original color showing. Great eye appeal with nearly flawless surfaces. The only defects are some extremely shallow planchet flakes around the second 1 in the date (as struck) and traces of an old fingerprint at CEN in CENT. M-LDS, die state c. The die line or crack from the hairbun to the lower point of star 10 is clear but the points down from the diagonals of the N's in ONE CENT are gone. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30696. Our grade is MS65+, close to MS66, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell's date set 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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