Lot 237
1851 N-5 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with traces of mint red showing on both sides, mostly on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and the eye appeal is excellent. The notable marks are a planchet flake in the field close before the neck, a faint diagonal hairline in the field right of the main curl, and a puff of microscopic reddish carbon below the end of the wreath stem. LDS, die state b, with a fine die crack from the coronet through star 5 to the dentils over star 4. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 65 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $350-UP
Ex J. R. Frankenfield 2/1991-J. R. Grellman Collection 5/28/2016-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Grellman collection envelope).
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| Realized $400 |
