Lot 730
1853 N-12 R1. MS-62 Plus. Lustrous light chocolate and steel with traces of mint red remaining on both sides, especially on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and this cent offers excellent eye appeal, very close to choice. The only marks are a very faint scuff over star 3 and a tiny tick right of star 4. Nicely struck MDS, die state b. A tiny lump has formed on the left side of the T in LIBERTY but the line inside the N in ONE is still visible. Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Walter Dudgeon-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/98:1786 (via Don Valenziano)-Phyllis Thompson.
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