Lot 1099
1852 N-6 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and light olive brown faded down from mint color with nearly half the planchet showing faded red, mostly on the obverse. Sharply struck and very attractive. The only mark is a small spot of darker chocolate brown toning in the field just right of the main curl. EDS, die state a. All the fine die finishing lines are sharp and the usually seen rim cud on the obverse has not formed. Traces of delicate repunching also show under the 1 & 8, but it takes a strong glass to see this previously unreported feature. Called MS63 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #30703. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:702.
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