Lot 839
1849 N-22 R1 PCGS graded MS65+ Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous mint red fading to light steel brown on the devices with 85% of the obverse and 50% of the reverse showing mint color. The only marks are some darker toning at the E in LIBERTY, a speck of carbon left of star 9, and a puff of darker brown toning between the date and star 13. The reverse is flawless. M-LDS, die state c (Newcomb's old #6). The die lines from the curls are gone. A very nice cent with a lot of mint color remaining. Our grade is MS64+. The attribution and Matthews Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the finest of the variety graded at PCGS. Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Tony Terranova-John MacDonald-Denis Loring 1/1999-Robert E. Matthews Collection-Matthews Estate (includes the Terranova envelope).
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