Lot 418
1845 N-11 R3 PCGS graded MS63 Red & Brown. Glossy steel brown with 25% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. Would rate a slightly higher grade but there are many tiny nicks scattered about the obverse, the strongest being a vertical nick just right of the nostril. A spot of darker toning shows on the tip of the wreath stem. MDS, die state a late. Traces of the fine die lines down to left at ENT and over ER in AMERICA are still visible. The rim cud break at stars 3-4 is very narrow thanks to a slight shift in obverse die alignment to K-3. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#7 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Fricke provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 64 for the variety. Estimate Value $600 - UP
Ex J. R. Grellman Collection-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:227-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:108.
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| Realized $1,293 |
