Lot 653
1853 N-27 R2 PCGS graded MS64+ Red & Brown. Lustrous bright mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints with about 70% of the original color remaining. The only defects are faint traces of an old fingerprint at stars 7 & 8, a speck of darker toning in the field close before the upper lip, and another near the leaf under the left foot of the A in STATES. MDS, die state c, with a tiny rim cud break just below star 3 and the obverse die obviously misaligned to K-3. The reverse is properly centered on the planchet. The neck and cheek are covered with microscopic low spots from debris on the die, with similar low spots over CENT, all as struck. Outstanding eye appeal for the grade, close to gem. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#2 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution and Brown-Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 2 finer in 65. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Stanley Chen-Don Valenziano 10/20/1998-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1236-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/24/2003:485-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:575.
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| Realized $1,880 |
