Lot 846
1848 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Bright original mint red fading to steel brown and olive on the highpoints, about 80% of the original blazing color still present. No contact marks, only a smattering of microscopic specks of darker steel toning scattered over the obverse and traces of an old fingerprint around star 9. A tiny planchet flake between the 4 & 8 in the date can help identify this cent. E-MDS, die state b early. The fine die lines that connect the base of the second 8 to the dentils are faint and a very light die crack passes through the top of the M in AMERICA to the dentils over the adjacent A. Called MS66 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30783. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff 10/21/59:269-Dorothy Nelson ("TAD" Sale), Stack's 2/4/76:162-Stack's 3/19/86:873 (via Tony Terranova).
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| Realized $3,335 |
