Lot 745
1847 N-1 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Repunched Date. Lustrous light greenish olive with subtle overtones of light bluish steel and sea green. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet of this classic "greenie." The only marks are a few tiny specks of darker olive brown toning, including two very tiny ones near the dentils under the wreath and a slightly larger one on the top of the first A in AMERICA. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars and boldly impressed devices. E-MDS, die state b, with a fine die crack through the top of ICA. Repunching is clearly visible at the lower left of each digit in the date. The fields on the obverse are smooth and slightly reflective due to a fresh die polishing the leaf behind faint vertical lines that cover those fields. Ted Naftzger called this one "prooflike," and it offers excellent eye appeal. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31517. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Barney Bluestone 12/4/1948:79-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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