Lot 1058
1851 N-23 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mint red fading to steel and light olive on the highpoints with 75% of the mint color showing, mostly on the reverse. Great eye appeal and only a few minor marks, including traces of an old fingerprint in the field at stars 11-12 and a tiny tick on the left end of the base of the I in AMERICA. MDS, die state b. The fine die lines at TA in STATES are gone. Called MS66 and CC#1 by 5 points in the Noyes census, his photo #30894. Our grade is MS65+, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex R. E. Reynolds 6/3/46-Dr. Ken Sartoris 5/72-Del Bland 11/73-Myles Z. Gerson-Ray Chatham 12/79-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:1284-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:669.
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| Realized $3,450 |
