Lot 468
1856 N-19 R2 Italic 5 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with generous traces of mellowed mint red in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only notable mark is a small spot of darker olive crud near the ribbon below the left foot of the N in CENT. Sharply struck LDS, die state b. The fine repunching on the 856 is clear but the die lines in the field behind the portrait are gone. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 5; 2 finer in 65. Estimated Value $500 - UP
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2001:1373-Elmer Guthrie (Great Pacific Collection), Goldbergs 2/16/2020:287 ($528)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the last lot ticket).
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| Realized $552 |
