Lot 95
1847 N-3/33 R3 Repunched Date PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Glossy steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 10% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. The only notable marks are a small spot of dark olive toning in the field close to the main curl and slightly darker reddish chocolate brown toning at D-STATES-OF-AMER. The surfaces are covered with attractive satiny mint luster, especially on the obverse. Terminal die state, die state f (Newcomb’s old #33), with four small but strong rim cud breaks on the reverse at ST, S-O, ER and OF. Only a hint of repunching remains visible inside the top of the 8. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#4 of less than two dozen known with the four rim cuds in the Grellman census. The attribution and Iskra provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 2 finer in 65 for the variety at PCGS. Estimated Value $750-UP
Ex Freeman Collection, Kreisberg & Schulman 5/24/1958:1292-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 7/16/2003-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:183-Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2/2013:530-Fred Iskra Collection (includes the Naftzger and Holmes collection envelopes and the last 2 lot tickets).
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