Lot 201
1849 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved. Very attractive frosty medium brown and light olive with generous traces of mint red showing on the reverse. Just a few minor marks including a thin diagonal nick on the jawline near the earlobe and a tiny planchet flake left of the top of the O in ONE (as struck). M-LDS, die state c late. The die lines over UN are gone and the ones down from the main curl over the inner curl are weak. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#11 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 7 finer: 2 in 63, 1 in 64, 3 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $600 - UP
Ex Larry Whitlow 1/1990 (via J. R. Grellman)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via J. R. Grellman)-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:689 ($862)-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2005:1848-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (last lot ticket included).
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| Realized $480 |
