Lot 847
1848 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Blazing bright mint red just beginning to mellow on the highest points, 95% of the original color remaining. This one looks as lustrous and new as the day it was born. The only defect is a mint-made low spot on the lower half of the neck (caused by grease or shallow debris on the die). A speck of darker toning close under the right pendant of the T in UNITED is the best identifying mark on this fabulous cent. One of the most impressive cents in this collection of the very best pieces Ted could find in over 50 years of diligent searching. MDS, die state b, with a die crack through the top of ME to the dentils over the adjacent A. The die lines from the dentils to the second 8 are gone. Called MS68 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30569. Our grade is MS67, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:561.
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