Lot 242
1850 N-15 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to light bluish steel brown, about half of the planchet showing mellowed mint color, mostly on the obverse. The only marks are a small spot of dark bluish steel toning in the hair over the I in LIBERTY and a microscopic speck of carbon nestled between star 13 and the dentils. A small planchet flake hidden in the dentils above star 7 (as struck) can help identify this cent. EDS, die state a. The die lines over star 5 are clear. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 5 finer in 65. Estimated Value $1,250 - UP
Ex John Quigley-Pratt (1861-1948)-Quigley-Pratt Estate, Stack's Bowers 10/20/2017:6371-John McBride 6/20/2020-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (lot ticket included).
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| Realized $780 |
