Lot 280
1854 N-1 R3. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. Glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate with 15-20% of the planchet showing slightly faded mint red. The surfaces are lustrous and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. Only a few trivial marks including traces of an old fingerprint around stars 7-11 and a spot of darker toning on the rim below the 5 in the date. MDS, die state b, with a fine die flowline from the right end of the base of the 4 to a dentil below. Doubling from die bounce (machine doubling) shows on AMER and on the berries on either side of CENT. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; none finer in BN. (PCGS # 406062) Value $750 - UP
Ex Alan Meghrig-Bill Noyes & Doug Bird 4/21/1994-Wesley A. Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:438-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1266-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Rasmussen and Brown collection envelopes and the last lot ticket).
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| Realized $1,920 |
