Lot 695
1845 N-10 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Lustrous steel and chocolate brown with faded mint color remaining on 25% of the obverse and brighter original mint red covering more than a third of the reverse. (Looks to me this piece rates a Red & Brown designation from the slabbers, but I digress.) No spots or stains, and the only contact marks are a couple very light diagonal ticks on the cheek. Excellent eye appeal. M-LDS, die state b late, with two clear die cracks up to the dentils from the left top of the E in UNITED, and the area between these cracks is just starting to rise. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31244. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 with three other pieces in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Bruno Crossfield 12/56-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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