Lot 1093
1852 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to steel brown with 75% of the mellowed mint color remaining. Great eye appeal, only tiny specks of dark toning from flawless. A small spot of chocolate brown toning at the left top of the I in LIBERTY and a tick in the curl over the 5 are the best identifying marks. M-LDS, die state b. The reverse is cracked from the dentils off the tip of the ribbon through the wreath to ST and the dentils above. Called MS68 and CC#1 by 4 points over the next best piece in the Noyes census, his photo #30656. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex American Auction Association 4/23/79-Jerry A. Bobbe 6/79.
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