Lot 848
1848 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Frosty light olive and golden brown with delicate overtones of sea green. Possibly dipped long ago but the luster and eye appeal are quite nice. The only marks are a thin, faint planchet void slanting through the first 8 into the dentils under the adjacent 1, as struck, and a small spot of darker toning near the dentils over star 10. Extremely rare LDS, die state e, with strong, clearly defined rim cud breaks at D-ST and TE in STATES. The finest of only 5 known with these rim cud breaks. Called MS60, tied for CC#10 overall but finest of the die state in the Noyes census, his photo #30564. Our grade is AU58, finest of 5 known in this die state according to the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex William Forrester Dunham Collection, B. Max Mehl mail bid sale 6/3/1941:1392-Henry C. Hines-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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