Lot 783
1847 N-22 R3+ PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Glossy light chocolate brown with traces of faded mint color remaining on the reverse. Frosty flowline luster covers the fields and the eye appeal of this piece is excellent. No spots or stains, just a few trivial contact marks. These include a tiny horizontal tick on the cheek above the throat and a couple tiny scuff marks near the dentils at stars 12 & 13. LDS, die state f. The obverse die cracks are well advanced and the section between the cracks left of the date is starting to rise as a retained cud (this is clearest where the two cracks cross the rim between the date and star 1). Called AU55 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #31192. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#5 overall but finest of the late state in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Kenneth J. Sartoris 7/72 (via Denis Loring).
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