Lot 652
1853 N-23 R4 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Very attractive lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with 10-15% of the mint color remaining. No spots or stains, nearly flawless. The best identifying marks are a faint struck-through line hidden in the left side of the ear (as struck) and a tiny tick on the right side of the O in OF. LDS, die state b. The die lines from the dentils on both sides are gone and the fields are flowlined. Traces of the stray 4 hidden in the hair just right of the ear remain visible. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#2 behind a marginally finer example in the Grellman census. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Twin Leaf provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Pop 1; the solo finest MSBN example graded at both services for the variety. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Tom Reynolds 12/1987-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1786-Jack Wadlington (the Twin Leaf Collection), Stack's Bowers 11/2016:1206 (both lot tickets included).
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