Lot 1098
1852 N-5 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Glossy light milk chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning in some of the protected areas. The fields are covered with radial die flowlines that create very attractive cartwheel luster. Only a few trivial contact marks, none visible without the aid of a glass. These include a pinprick inside the top of the 8 and a faint horizontal pinscratch well hidden in the radial flowlines under star 4. Rare terminal die state, state d, with strong rim cud breaks at stars 4-5 and 5-6. Called MS60 and tied for CC#6 overall but finest of the terminal state in the Noyes census, his photo #30652. Our grade is AU58, tied for CC#12 overall but finest of 8 known in the terminal state according to the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Ex Jerry A. Bobbe 10/23/75.
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