Lot 146
1848 N-14 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Very attractive lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with 10-15% of the faded mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and this cent offers outstanding eye appeal. The notable marks are a splash of slightly darker toning at ME in AMERICA and a small spot of shallow carbon above the left upright of N in ONE. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The very fine diagonal die lines in the field at star 5 are clear. Our grade is MS62, CC#5 in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 66 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $600-UP
Ex Doug Bird 5/13/1989-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:206-Evan L. Kopald, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/20/2010:1119-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Kopald lot ticket).
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| Realized $940 |
