Lot 724
1846 N-9 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Repunched 18. Lustrous mint red mellowing to light bluish steel brown, 75% of the subdued red remaining, mostly on the obverse. Fabulous eye appeal, and the only "defects" are microscopic specks of darker toning scattered over both sides and a few very tiny planchet flakes on the cheek and neck. Sharply struck EDS (but not quite the earliest), die state a. The obverse fields are very slightly prooflike and are covered with faint vertical die polishing lines, and the line arcing through the tops of ICA is clear. Fine repunching is clearly visible on the tops of the 1 & 8 in the date. A fantastic large cent in every respect. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS68 and CC#1 by 4 points over the next best example in the Noyes census, his photo #31506. Our grade is MS66, CC#1 in the Grellman census. This cent was called MS70 by Ted Naftzger.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. 6/19/58:1256.
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