Lot 51
1856 N-13 R2 Italic 5 PCGS graded MS63 Red & Brown. Mint red fading to light steel brown with at least a third of the faded mint color remaining visible on both sides. There is a spot of darker toning on the tip of the nose, a tiny planchet chip in the field right of star 2, and a couple small stains of olive toning at TATE in STATES. E-MDS, die state b. Most of the die lines connecting ON in ONE to EN in CENT are gone but there are no rim cud breaks on the obverse. Our grade is MS62, tied with several other examples for CC#3 in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Estimate Value $300 - UP
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