Lot 341
1854 N-9 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Brown, CAC Approved. The so-called "Dartboard Obverse" variety. Frosty uniform steel brown and light chocolate with peeps of mint red showing on both sides. Lustrous and very attractive, nearly void of marks. The only defect is a faint spot of slightly darker toning under the left point of star 5. LDS, die state c. The fields are covered with die flowlines including one from the left end of the base of the 1 down to the space between two dentils. The stray 1 is still clearly visible in the right side of the ear, the curve of an 8 is visible in the space right of the Y in LIBERTY, and traces of the crossbar and base of a 4 can be seen in the hair over the right side of the 5 in the date. Why were these numerals randomly punched into the obverse die so far from the date position? Nobody knows, but it makes for a neat die variety. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#10 in the Grellman census. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $750-UP
Ex Tom Reynolds-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1998:757-unknown-Heritage Auctions 6/2011-Doug Durasoff, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/2015:861-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Goldberg lot ticket).
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