Lot 651
1853 N-23 R4 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and light chocolate with traces of mellowed mint red showing on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent. The best identifying mark is a tiny planchet fissure on the rim under the 8 in the date (as struck) and two horizontal nick-like planchet chips under the eye. Nicely struck EDS, die state a, with fine die lines below the 18 and over UNITE. The stray 4 punched into the hair right of the ear is visible. Our grade is MS60+. Tied for CC#7 of the variety but second finest of the early die state in the Grellman census. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
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