Lot 325
1853 N-26 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Highly lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with choice, satiny surfaces and generous traces of mint red remaining. The only marks are a thin planchet fissure or crease on the outer edge of the rim at star 1, as struck, a tiny nick in the hair right of the earlobe, and a speck of darker steel toning under star 11. MDS, die state b, with some weakness of strike at the stars, shoulder, and tip of the coronet. The early die lines over ERI are gone but the two points down from the main curl over the inner curl are clear. A beautiful cent, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 3 finer, 1 in 65, 1 in 66, 1 in 67 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $400-UP
Ex Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:1124-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:573-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and both lot tickets).
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| Realized $764 |
