Lot 120
1847 N-22 R3+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Very attractive lustrous light bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red showing on both sides. No spots or stains, only a few trivial marks. The best identifying marks are a light, dull scratch that meanders from left of star 7 to below that star and a tiny planchet flake just right of the date (as struck). M-LDS, die state e late. The die cracks on both sides are clear and the section of the rim between two cracks left of the date is just starting to rise as a retained cud. Our grade is MS62+, very close to MS63, and CC#6 in the Grellman census (but finest of die state e). The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 3 finer in 65. Estimated Value $1,200 - UP
Ex Doug Bird 11/1994-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:419 ($1208)-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/2005:1789-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the last lot ticket).
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| Realized $1,980 |
