Lot 1016
1851 N-1 R3 PCGS graded MS66 Red & Brown. Repunched 18. Very attractive and highly lustrous dark bluish steel and olive brown with 25% of the mint red showing on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. A faint speck of darker reddish brown toning under star 10 and another under the right side of the E in AMERICA are the only marks. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state b. The diagonal die lines that cover the obverse fields in the earliest state have been polished off the die, but the repunching at the base of the 1 is sharp. The repunching along the bottom of the 8 is visible but not strong. The three strong lines from the N in UNITED to the dentils above are dull but obvious. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #55129. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/74-Del Bland 8/75-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/91:584 (via Tony Terranova).
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