Lot 146
1853 N-30 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous light bluish steel brown and light olive with 20% of the mint color remaining visible on both sides. There are some very tiny spots of dark toning scattered over the obverse and a shallow low spot covering the neck (as struck). Otherwise this cent is quite nice and the reverse is choice. EDS, die state a, with fine die lines from the dentils at star 13. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Estimate Value $300 - UP
Ex Doug Bird 12/1994-Walter Dudgeon 6/1998 (via Bob Grellman)-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1247-Jack Wadlington (the Twin Leaf Collection), Stack's Bowers 11/9/2017:1089 (includes the Brown collection envelope, Wadlington collection notes, and both lot tickets).
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