Lot 1003
1850 N-21 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red. Mint red mellowing to light steel brown, at least 85% of the lustrous mint red remaining. Both sides are covered with microscopic specks of dark steel toning, including a small patch of this toning at the dentil tips left of star 7. LDS, die state c (Newcomb's old #10), with rim cud breaks over the E in STATES and F-A. This is a die state associated with a prolific hoard of mint state examples of the variety dispersed long ago by Abe Kosoff. This example, however, is one of the finest to survive the environmental hazards faced by red copper. Not photographed by Noyes. Our grade is MS64+, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Stack's 8/22/45-Willard C. Blaisdell's date set 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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