Lot 1090
1852 N-3 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. The obverse is lustrous steel and chocolate faded down from mint red with half that side showing some underlying very faded mint color. The reverse is lustrous mint red fading to steel and light olive brown on the highpoints, and about 70% of the slightly faded mint color remains on that side. No marks other than a few tiny specks of darker toning scattered over both sides and a thin nick or planchet void along the base of the dentils over the left top of the U in UNITED. LDS, die state c. The obverse die has been lapped leaving the base of the 1 very thin. The die crack at TE in UNITED reaches through the wreath extending weakly through the top of CENT. Called MS64 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #30704. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex unnamed 1958 auction, lot 2212-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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