Lot 116
1847 N-20 R3 PCGS graded AU58+. Choice lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Looks mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the portrait. The only marks are a very thin vertical nick on the jaw over the throat and a faint diagonal scuff between star 3 and the nose, plus a tiny speck of darker toning just right of the nostril. Nicely struck E-MDS. The die lines at the neck and throat are sharp and the horizontal lines at NE in ONE are clear. Our grade is AU58+, very close to mint state. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 6 finer: 1 in 62, 1 in 63, 2 in 64, 2 in 65. Estimated Value $400 - UP
Ex Cardinal (eBay) 5/27/2010-Fred Iskra Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2016:109 ($494)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Iskra collection envelope and lot ticket).
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| Realized $348 |
