Lot 340
1854 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Very attractive lustrous medium steel brown with traces of mint red in protected areas. The fields are satiny and the only marks are a tiny diagonal nick in the field off the tip of the nose and a small vertical nick right of the inner curl. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The fields are smooth, void of any notable flowlines. A very attractive cent. Our grade is MS60. Not in the overall census for the variety but CC#5 of the early state in the Grellman census. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 66 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $300-UP
Ex Doug Bird 1/8/1987-Richard V. Punchard 11/9/1989-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:592-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Punchard collection envelope and Holmes lot ticket).
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| Realized $517 |
