Lot 1001
1850 N-19 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Blazing lustrous bright mint red, nearly as fresh as the day it was struck. The only "defects" are a small spot of brown toning off the tip of the coronet, a very faint scuff that barely affects the mint frost on the chin, and a tiny splash of dark bluish steel toning in the leaf under the C in CENT. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars and crisp details in all the devices. About as perfect as you could expect for a large cent. M-LDS, die state c (Newcomb's old #16). The stray 1 between the 1 & 8 is gone, as are the die lines that covered the obverse fields. Most of the die lines found on the reverse in the earlier state are gone as well, but clear remnants remain under the NI in UNITED to the C in CENT. Called MS68 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30524. Our grade is MS67, CC#1 in the Grellman census. Called MS70 by Ted, and it easy to see why.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Richard S. Herman 1983.
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