Lot 159
1848 N-28 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Lustrous light steel brown and chocolate with 15-20% of the mint red showing. This cent offers excellent eye appeal. The fields are satiny and show only a few trivial marks, including a very faint splash of reddish brown toning in the field right of star 3 and a thin diagonal nick between star 4 and the nose. E-MDS, die state a. The fields are starting to show microscopic radial flowlines that create attractive cartwheel luster and the die lines between ON in ONE and EN in CENT are still clear. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30459. Our grade is MS62+, very close to MS63, and CC#6 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; none finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $1,250-UP
Ex Denis Loring 11/1980-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:878-Legend Morphy-Chris McCawley 3/20/2015-Fred Iskra Collection.
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| Realized $2,468 |
