Lot 952
1855 N-13 R2 Upright 55 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty bluish steel brown and olive with mint red covering about 25% of the planchet. The notable marks are a thin nick on the rim at star 5 and a stain of darker toning on the leaf below TE in STATES. Otherwise this cent is choice. LDS, die state b. Most of the diagonal die lines on the reverse are gone but a few faint ones remain visible from the right top of the E in ONE. Our grade is MS62+, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Matthews Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the only RB graded at PCGS. Value $550 - UP
Ex 1997 EAC Sale, lot 437-Robert E. Matthews Collection-Matthews Estate (lot ticket included).
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