Lot 951
1849 N-22 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. The obverse is lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel, at least two-thirds of the faded mint color showing through. The reverse is frosty bright original mint red just starting to change to steel brown on the highpoints, about 90% of the mint color remaining. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and this cent is flawless except for a few tiny specks of darker toning on the obverse. A dark speck in the field over the right edge of star 12 is the best identifying mark on this impressive cent. Nicely struck M-LDS, die state c (Newcomb's old #6). A solid gem example, one of the finest 1849 cents of any die variety. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS66 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #30527. Our grade is MS66, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:603.
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