Lot 123
1847/47 N-31 5 Large 7 over Small 7 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Frosty light olive brown and steel with satiny mint luster covering the fields and protected areas. Just a very light touch of friction on the highest points and a few trivial contact marks, including a small nick on the tip of the chin, a tiny one on the right bottom of the 8 in the date, and a dull one on the bases of the E & S in STATES. LDS, die state d, showing several fine die cracks on the reverse, including a final one through the top of ST in STATES to the dentils over the adjacent letters at either end. The repunching over the 47 is clear, including the "Small 7" extending above the "Large 7." A sharp, very attractive cent for the grade, called MS60 by Ted Naftzger. Our grade is AU58, very close to mint state, and tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census for this tough die variety. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 2 finer in 64 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $2,000-UP
Ex C. H. Stearns, Mayflower 12/2/1966:612-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:540-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg's 9/7/2009:801-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:239-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Naftzger and Holmes collection envelopes and the last 3 lot tickets).
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| Realized $2,585 |
