Lot 600
1853 N-29 R3-. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to light olive and bluish steel on the devices, about half the mint color showing. The surfaces are lustrous and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a few microscopic ticks including a very thin nick just off the tip of the coronet. MDS, die state b. The die lines from the neck are gone but the ones at the dentils near stars 1-2 are still visible. A very shallow low spot covers most of the neck and lower half of the cheek, and the hair details at the ear are slightly blunted by similar debris on the die. Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30680. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; none finer in RB at PCGS. (PCGS # 406048) Value $900 - UP
Ex Doug Bird, Kagin's Van Cleave Sale 1/30/1986:4401 (via Tony Terranova)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1178-The Widok Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and both lot tickets).
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| Realized $1,200 |
