Lot 1205
1854 N-14 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Repunched 4. Lustrous mint red shifting to light steel brown on the highpoints with 90% of the red showing on the obverse, 80% on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet, and the only mark is a small planchet flake near the dentils over star 4, as struck. The neck is covered with very shallow low spots caused by crud on the die, as nearly always seen on this variety. M-LDS, die state b. The die lines over NI in UNITED are gone, and the repunching inside the triangle of the 4 is dull but still visible. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #55152. Our grade is MS66, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex John Pasciuti 7/10/92 (via Bob Grellman).
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