Lot 1064
1851 N-26 R4 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mint red fading to olive brown and steel on the devices, at least a third of the original mint color remains. The only mark is a spot of darker toning in the field close under the hairbun. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state b. There is a tiny lump on the right edge of the right pendant of the T in CENT but the two points from the main curl over the inner curl are still visible (although they are dull and weak from wear in the earlier N-15 marriage). Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30797. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff, 10/21/59:299.
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