Lot 428
1849 N-9 R3+ PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Frosty bluish steel brown with 10% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 20% on the reverse. No spots or stains, only very light contact marks, mostly in the obverse fields. The notable marks are a couple very faint nicks in the field between stars 12 & 13, a couple more in the field off the chin, and a tiny planchet chip just left of the notch on the let side of the 8, as struck. M-LDS, die state f, with several areas of crumbling on the reverse, including small crumbles on the lower right of berry 5 (the berry under the first S in STATES). Our grade is MS60+. CC#2 for this tough die variety, and only two mint state examples are listed in the Grellman census. The attribution and Fricke provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer for the variety. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Stack's-Carl Windon-Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:1203-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:1093-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:353.
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| Realized $3,525 |
