Lot 1278
1856 N-11 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Upright 5. Frosty bright original mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints with 85% of the original color remaining. Great eye appeal, virtually perfect in every respect. The only marks are a speck of carbon between the tops of the 1 & 8 in the date and a barely visible tick over star 3. LDS, die state b. The spike from the left top of the R in AMERICA is gone and the fields are covered with radial die flowlines that have eroded those fields, especially on the obverse. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31225. Our grade is MS65+, close to MS66, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Wayne G. Slife, Lester Merkin 10/6/72:707-Stack's 3/18/86:917 (via Tony Terranova).
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