Lot 740
1848 N-4 R4+ Boldly Repunched Date. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Frosty light olive and chocolate with traces of the original mint color remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. Excellent eye appeal and only a few marks, including several tiny pinpricks at the coronet tip to near the dentils left of star 6 and a spot of very fine reddish olive corrosion on the leaf under E in UNITED. Otherwise this cent is choice. MDS, die state b, with repunching still visible on all 4 digits in the date. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. Only 4 mint state examples of this variety are known, so this is one of the tough ones. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Lee J. Bellisario-2010 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/24/2012:433.
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