Lot 875
1852 N-22 R1. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. CAC Approved. Beautiful lustrous mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints with 75% of the red remaining on the obverse and 95% on the reverse. Unbroken satiny mint frost covers the entire planchet. A very impressive cent with outstanding eye appeal. The notable marks are a small spot of dark steel toning under the 8 in the date, faint traces of a fingerprint between stars 8 & 9, and a microscopic speck of carbon nestled against the left side of the O in ONE. M-LDS, die state c (Newcomb's old #9). The die lines at the inner curl are faint, the obverse die cracks are clear, and the reverse is uncracked. Our grade is MS65+, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer. (PCGS # 147285) .
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Kenneth Lee in the 1930's-Randle Fairchild (via Del Bland)-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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