Lot 8
1840 N-8 R1 Large Date PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty medium brown and chocolate with darker olive brown toning around the inner curl and hints of very faded mint red in protected areas on the reverse. There is a long, thin diagonal nick in the field before the eye and a shallow carbon spot in the dentils over star 5. E-MDS, die state b. The short point down from the throat is still clear but the fine die lines from the dentils at stars 11-13 are gone. Our grade is MS60. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer, 1 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $800-UP
Ex Chris McCawley 8/1995-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:29-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:10-Fred Iskra Collection (includes both lot tickets plus the collection envelopes of Brown and Holmes).
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| Realized $1,469 |
