Lot 565
1852 N-22 R1 MS60+. The obverse is lustrous mint red mellowing to light steel brown with about half the mint color remaining. The reverse is glossy chocolate and bluish steel brown with 15% of the mint red remaining. There is a spot of dark chocolate brown toning in the hair at the main curl, another on the rim at star 6, and a third on the rim at the first A in AMERICA. This is an attractive cent with lots of mint color, and it would rate a higher grade if not for an extremely thin coating of lacquer or some other protective substance. MDS, die state c. The horizontal die lines from the main curl are faint and the lines from the inner curl are dull. This is Newcomb's old #9. Plated on the back right page in the 1987 Grellman reference on the cents of 1840-1857. Comes with a very nice provenance.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex John P. Young, Barney Bluestone 4/27/1945:913-T. James Clarke, Abe Kosoff 4/27/1956:383-Robert Carter 5/21/1987-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:396-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:526-Eric Fix (the lot tickets from the Clarke, Rasmussen, and Holmes sales are included).
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| Realized $617 |
