Lot 1296
1857 N-1 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Large Date. Stray 18 in Dentils. Lustrous light olive brown and steel with mint red showing on 40% of the obverse, 25% of the reverse. Excellent eye appeal and only a few marks. These include a spot of reddish carbon at the E in LIBERTY and a dull vertical nick on the tip of the chin. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The tops of the stray 18 are visible in the dentils below the normal 8 and the die lines from the dentils to UNI are clear. A faint double profile appears to extend along the entire nose, but this is an optical illusion created by microscopic crumbling. Newcomb was fooled by a similar (the same?) example, and he included this feature in his book on the series. Called MS63 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #31472. Our grade is MS63+, tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell date set 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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