Lot 348
1854 N-17 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous bluish steel brown with generous traces of mellowed mint red showing on both sides. A frosty cent that offers excellent eye appeal. The only notable marks are a tiny pinprick near the dentils under star 11 and a dull rim nick over the first S in STATES. LDS, die state d, with flowlined fields on both sides and a die crack from the wreath through S-O to the dentils above the O. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#12 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $400-UP
Ex Dr. Philip W. Ralls 2/1993-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1330-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/24/2003:500-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth 1/11/2014-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Ellsworth collection envelope).
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| Realized $852 |
