Lot 923
1849 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Repunched 9, the so-called 9 over 8 Overdate. Frosty mint red fading to steel brown on the devices, about 75% of the mint color remaining. This cent has the look of a gem, but a glass reveals several contact marks on the neck, throat, and face with a thin scuff in the field before the portrait. There are traces of an old fingerprint in the field at stars 4 and 10, but the overall eye appeal remains excellent. EDS, die state b. The repunching at the right bottom of the 9 is sharp (and this may be from an 8 rather than a 9), and there is a fine die crack meandering through the legend outside the wreath. (An example with an uncracked reverse, die state a, may not exist). Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30484. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#3.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff 10/21/59:274.
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