Lot 284
1851 N-20 R3+ Both 1's Repunched PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Very attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown and steel. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas and this cent offers choice mint state eye appeal although there is a trace of rub on the highest points of the portrait. The only defect is a shallow planchet flake in the dentils over the I in UNITED (as struck). LDS, die state d, with die cracks on both sides. The repunching on the first 1 is barely visible and gone on the second 1, and the tops of the C & E in CENT are joined by crumbling. The tops of the C & E in CENT are joined by crumbling and the repunching is barely visible on the first 1, gone on the second (Newcomb's old #28). Our grade is AU55. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 7 finer: 4 in 64, 3 in 65. Estimated Value $500 - UP
Ex Russell Wyatt, Superior 9/1985:821-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:671-Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley, Superior 1/28/1990:1084-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/6/1996:590-Dr. Bruce Tucker Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/2017:522 ($647)-John McBride 6/20/2020-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Tucker collection envelope and last 2 lot tickets).
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| Realized $408 |
