Lot 595
1848 N-35 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. Lustrous light olive and steel brown with underlying faded mint red in the protected areas on both sides. The only notable mark is a speck of dark steel toning at the leaf over the left top of E in ONE. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and this cent has excellent eye appeal. LDS, die state c, with a dull lump in the field over star 3. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#7 overall but finest of the late state in the Grellman census. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 6 finer: 5 in 65, 1 in 65+. Value $700 - UP
Ex Herbert Oechsner, Stack's 9/8/1988:198-Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/31/1994:327-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:630-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:315-The Widok Collection (includes the Brown and Holmes collection envelopes and all 4 lot tickets).
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| Realized $660 |
