Lot 840
1848 N-7 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Impressive lustrous bright original mint red fading to bluish steel and olive on the devices, two-thirds of the original color remaining. Virtually flawless in every respect. The best identifying marks are a couple microscopic planchet chips on the neck near the throat, a tiny contact mark that barely breaks the satiny mint frost in the field over star 12, and traces of an old fingerprint under CENT. E-MDS, die state b. The fields are covered with microscopic radial flowlines that create attractive cartwheel luster and a tiny lump has formed on the lower edge of the curl over the second 8. Called MS66 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30614. Our grade is MS65+, CC#1 by a small margin in the Grellman census. Called MS70 by Ted Naftzger.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Scott 2/3/1943-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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