Lot 518
1850 N-12 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Red. Blazing bright original mint red just beginning to mellow on the highest points. Beautiful cartwheel luster covers both sides and this cent offers exceptional eye appeal in every respect. The only marks, and they are microscopic, are a couple tiny specks of dark toning right of the hair bun, another well hidden in the hair right of the earlobe, and a barely visible diagonal contact mark in the field right of star 3. These marks are offered to assist in identifying this cent but they are in no way significant. LDS, die state b. The die points from the C in CENT that are present in the earlier states are gone. Graded MS68 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30930. Ted Naftzger called this cent MS70. Our grade is MS67, finest known in the Grellman census. A very impressive cent. The attribution and Mervis provenance are shown on the NGC label. Pop 1; none finer at NGC .
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex Freeman Collection, Abner Kreisberg & Hans M. F. Schulman 5/24/1958:1300-R. E. (Ted) Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:990.
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