Lot 58
1845 N-6 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous mint red fading to light steel brown and chocolate, about half the mellowed mint color remaining. The surfaces are frosty and nearly flawless. The best identifying marks are a swipe of medium chocolate toning through the 45, a tiny planchet flake in the field before the middle of the neck, and a microscopic speck of dark toning inside the D in UNITED. Sharply struck MDS, die state c. The fine die lines are still visible but there are die clashmarks on both sides and a faint die crack passes through star 5 (but not through other stars). A very attractive cent. Noyes photo #36975. Our grade is MS63+, tied for CC#4 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 65 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $800-UP
Ex Tom Reynolds 6/1994-Jack Wadlington (the Twin Leaf Collection), Stack's Bowers 7/16/2015:2385-Fred Iskra Collection (lot ticket and Wadlington collection notes included).
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