Lot 287
1856 N-19 R2 Italic 5. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with mellowed mint red in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only notable mark is a small spot of darker olive crud below the left foot of the N in CENT. Sharply struck LDS, die state b. The fine repunching on the 5 & 6 is clear but the other die lines on the obverse are gone. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#7 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 5; 2 finer in 65BN. (PCGS # 406223) Value $500 - UP
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2001:1373-Great Pacific Collection.
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