Lot 955
1849 N-23 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous light chocolate and steel with frosty faded mint color peeking through the toning on about 10% of the planchet, mostly on the reverse. No spots or stains, only a few tiny ticks on the cheek and a thin, very shallow planchet lamination at the dentils over star 7. Excellent eye appeal, in part thanks to the hard, slightly reflective obverse fields that resulted from a fresh die lapping. The die polishing was done to remove the die rust left behind following the earlier N-30 and N-1 marriages, and the obverse fields are now covered with fine die polishing lines. E-MDS, die state a late. There are faint traces of die rust still visible around the date in spite of the die polishing, and the crumble on the right top of star 7 is slightly larger than it was in the early state. In addition, crumbling is just starting to show on the right edge of star 10. Called MS60 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #55108a. Our grade is MS60, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb 3/5/38-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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