Lot 913
1849 N-3 R3+ PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown, more than a third of the original mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are frosty and offer outstanding eye appeal. The only marks are a smattering of microscopic specks of darker toning on both sides and faint traces of an old fingerprint around star 13. A small splash of steel brown toning in the field close before the eye is the best identifying mark on this beautiful cent. M-LDS, die state m late. A bit of crumbling now shows along the lower right edge of the leaf left of the top of C in CENT and traces of crumbling rest along the lower edge of the base of the R in AMERICA. Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30478. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Larry Whitlow 1/90 (via Bob Grellman).
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