Lot 19
1841 N-7 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous bluish steel brown with 15-20% of the slightly faded mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is a tiny, very light scratch that barely breaks the satiny mint frost in the field between star 1 and the neck and some slightly darker olive brown toning over star 10. The only other marks are a couple small, very shallow planchet laminations at the stem tip and near the U in UNITED, as struck. Otherwise this cent is choice and flawless, and the eye appeal remains excellent. M-LDS, die state c, with a die crack from the dentils below star 1 into the field extending halfway up to the throat where is fades out. The two die lumps under the date are faint, barely visible. Our grade is MS60+. Tied for CC#7 overall and second finest of those few high-grade examples known with a cracked obverse in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 2 finer,1 in 65, 1 in 66 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $1,000-UP
Ex Louis Ullian, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2000:355-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:75-Bowers & Merena 12/2/2004:229-Chris McCawley 8/18/2006-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:30-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and the last 2 lot tickets).
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| Realized $2,056 |
