Lot 649
1843 N-3 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Petite Head with Small Letters Reverse. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel brown, about two-thirds of the mellowed mint color remaining. Both sides are covered with attractive satiny mint frost and the eye appeal is outstanding. The only marks are a dull nick on the right side of the O in ONE and one more on the C & E in CENT. Otherwise this cent is a solid gem. LDS, die state c. Both dies are worn, the obverse heavily so thanks to its use in the earlier N-2 marriage, and the die lines over ER in AMERICA are gone. Called MS63 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31016. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census. (Ted's envelope includes a notation that this cent was used by Grellman on 3/7/87 to confirm the N-3 obverse is really the N-2 die in a later die state, and that the reverse is from N-15 but in an earlier state. All of Ted's late date cents were loaned to Grellman in the late 1980's for research in preparing the attribution guide for this series. And I do enjoy revisiting them as I write this catalog.).
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. #54, 5/23/1960:1558.
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