Lot 140
1852 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS66 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints, at least three-fourths of the bright original mint color remaining. Another really nice cent, essentially flawless. The best identifying marks are a tiny planchet flake on the jawline over the throat (as struck) and a small splash of darker steel brown toning at the dentil tips right of star 10. MDS, die state c, with two very fine die cracks on the obverse but an uncracked reverse. The portrait is very sharply struck. Our grade is MS65, tied for finest known with a few other pieces in the Grellman census. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; tied for finest graded at both services. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:1027-Chris McCawley 9/2004.
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