Lot 1208
1854 N-16 R2+ PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Repunched 1. Highly lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. Generous traces of original mint color remain visible in protected areas on both sides. Great eye appeal. Only a few tiny marks of no significance, including a speck of carbon at the curl on the forehead and a tiny diagonal nick under the eye. M-LDS, die state c early. The repunching over the left base of the 1 is dull and faint, barely visible. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30828. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex W. E. Johnson 11/59.
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| Realized $1,955 |
