Lot 231
1850 N-3 R1 NGC graded MS63 Brown. Very attractive medium olive and bluish steel with faded red covering 15% of both sides. The color may not be totally original but the surfaces are lustrous and this cent has very nice eye appeal. A tiny horizontal scratch right of star 13 is the only notable mark. VLDS, die state c late. The fields are flowlined, the line inside the E in CENT is gone, and there are shallow low spots inside the wreath (as struck). Previously housed in a PCGS slab graded MS62BN (PCGS label #405866.62/28461242 with the attribution noted on the label). Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#11 in the Grellman census. The COL Ellsworth Collection provenance is noted on the NGC label. Estimated Value $400 - UP
Ex Tom Reynolds 9/1992-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:787-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Brown collection envelope and lot ticket).
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| Realized $384 |
