Lot 317
1842 N-9 R2. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with underlying faded mint red covering about 10% of the obverse and traces of the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet, even the highest points of the devices, and this cent offers outstanding eye appeal. The best identifying marks, and they are trivial, are a nick on star 8 and a speck of gold alloy in the field NE of star 1 (as struck). MDS, die state b. Most of the die lines from the neck and hair behind the head remain clear. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64, and finest known by a small margin in the Grellman census (PCGS # 1835) .
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2001:1235-Martin Paul, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/2002:1349.
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| Realized $3,408 |
