Lot 902
1857 N-3 R5- Proof-Only Small Date. PCGS graded Proof 64 Red & Brown. CAC Approved. Mint red fading to bluish steel brown on the highpoints with more than half the mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. The fields are reflective but the mirrors are relatively shallow. The only marks are small spots of darker bluish steel toning on the obverse, the largest of these on the right edge of the curl left of star 12. The obverse is bisected by an extremely faint die crack extending from the dentils through star 5 and the head emerging from just below the hair bun, then passing through the field and star 11 to the dentils on the right. The strike is very sharp, as usual. Called Proof-63 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31469. Our grade is Proof-64, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census. A beautiful cent that comes with an impressive provenance. Population 1; none finer at PCGS. The only example graded by PCGS for the variety. (PCGS # 400611) .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, 1949 ANA Sale 8/24/1949:1998-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1301-Coin Rarities Online (trade) 7/2010-Kenneth Goodman.
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| Realized $10,575 |
