Lot 274
1851 N-43 R5 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Beautiful lustrous mint red mellowing to steel brown on the devices, about half the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. Essentially flawless. The best identifying mark is a microscopic planchet flake (as struck) near the dentils under the left side of the 8. E-MDS, die state a. The short points down to the left from the neck are clear and the point up to the left from the top of the E in CENT is long and sharp. A superior example of this rare die variety. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census behind a pair of marginally finer pieces. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer in 65 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $1,500-UP
Ex Dorothy Gershenson, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/1996:599-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1681-J. R. Grellman Collection 2/1/2012-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Frankenfield and Grellman collection envelopes and the Frankenfield lot ticket).
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| Realized $2,938 |
