Lot 421
1838 N-7 R1 PCGS graded MS65RB. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Bright original mint red just starting to fade to bluish steel on the highpoints, about 85% of the original color remaining on both sides. The only marks are a nick-like planchet chip on the tip of the chin, a speck of dark toning at the upper right point of star 11, and a microscopic planchet lamination at the bottom of the first 8 in the date. MDS with die flowlines covering the fields on both sides and the curl over the date weak from die wear. The line from the leaf tip to the base of the F in OF is dull but still visible. Called MS70- and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS65 and tied for CC#1, his photo #20943. Our grade is MS65. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Horace M. Grant 10/1939:1188-Willard B. Blaisdell 6/75-Del Bland-Jerry A. Bobbe.
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