Lot 635
1842 N-3 R3 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Large Date. Beautiful highly lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with faded mint red covering about 20% of the obverse, 40% of the reverse. Both sides are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. No spots or stains, and the only marks are a few well-hidden scrapes at the ribbon tip and U in UNITED into the leaf below the U. LDS, die state b. The fine die lines at UNI seen in the early state are gone. Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31022. Our grade is MS64+, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Ray Gallo 11/60 (via Abner Kreisberg).
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| Realized $13,800 |
