Lot 1037
1851 N-14 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. First 1 Repunched. Lustrous original mint red just starting to mellow to light steel brown on the highpoints, 85% of the red showing on both sides. The only marks are tiny specks of dark steel toning sprinkled over both sides, including a tiny one off the left top of the O in ONE that can serve as an identifying mark. Another spectacular, nearly full red cent. E-MDS, die state b early. The die lines at the throat and the repunching under the left end of the base of the first 1 are visible, but the repunching under the peak of that 1 is gone. Called MS66 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30454. Our grade is MS65+, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Auction '87 (Paramount) 7/31/87:9-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:663.
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