Lot 33
1842 N-7 R3+ Large Date PCGS Genuine UNC Detail Planchet Flaw. Slightly faded mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints with nearly a third of the planchet showing mint color. Overtones of violet and steel show on the reverse, mostly on the right side. This cent is nearly flawless except for an obvious planchet lamination flaw in the dentils from star 2 to star 3 (as struck). MDS, die state b. The points up from the top of the E in AMERICA are gone but the segmented line under ME is clear. Softly struck at the hair over the ear, the hair buns, and the shoulder (which is typical of the variety; the preceding example being a remarkable exception). A nice cent in spite of the planchet defect. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#10 in the Grellman census. Comes with an important provenance. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Estimated Value $600 - UP
Ex Stack's 1/16/1990:1200-Tony Terranova-Wesley A. Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:32-Chris McCawley-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:101-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:40-Allen G. Ross, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/2015:555-John McBride 6/20/2020-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Brown and Holmes collection envelopes and the last 4 lot tickets).
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| Realized $750 |
