Lot 930
1849 N-11 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Repunched 1. Lustrous mint red mellowing to steel brown on the devices, more than half the red remaining. A gem cent if not for a few spots of very fine carbon, the largest of these at the upper point of star 12. Additional smaller spots can be found above star 2 and at the upper edge of the wreath ribbon. A horizontal nick over star 2 is the only contact mark. E-MDS, die state a. The repunching under the right foot of the 1 is clear and the reverse is void of any rim cud breaks. Called MS64 and CC#1 by 3 points in the Noyes census, his photo #30543. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Stack's 2/4/76:164-Larry Whitlow 1/90 (via Bob Grellman).
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