Lot 136
1849 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS65+ Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Highly lustrous medium steel brown and olive with 25% of both sides showing mint color. Another beautiful cent. The only notable marks are a tiny tick midway between star 4 and the nose and a thin planchet flake midway between the inner curl and star 11. M-LDS, die state u. The tiny crumble inside the left base of the N in CENT is present but the "V-shaped" crumble at the upper junction of the N & T in CENT has not formed. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 honors for the variety in the Grellman census but finest of the die state by a good margin. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; finest of the variety at both services. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Tom Reynolds-Manuel Ahumada-Doug Bird 12/1997-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes)-Doug Bird 9/2004 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope).
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