Lot 799
1847 N-8 R3 NGC graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Choice frosty light olive and steel brown with 15% of the mint color remaining visible on the reverse. Sharply struck and nearly flawless. The only mark is a small carbon spot connecting the bases of the N & E in ONE. EDS, die state a, with fine die polishing lines covering the obverse fields and before the die crack through the top of ME in AMERICA. A great cent. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#4 honors for the variety but tied for finest of those known in the early die state. And it comes with a very nice provenance.
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 11/19/1936:424-Henry C. Hines-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 5/16/1945:744-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/1984:1832-Del Bland 8/1990-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:370-Jack Wadlington (includes the Starr collection box, the Bland and Brown collection envelopes, and the lot tickets from Stack's and Superior).
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