Lot 1104
1852 N-7 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Repunched Date. Lustrous light olive and chocolate with overtones of light bluish steel. The obverse is very delicately woodgrained and traces of faded mint red show on the reverse. No spots, stains, or signs of contact, but there is a shallow low spot covering much of the portrait blunting those details. Another low spot has blunted details in the leaves under TES-OF. These low spots resulted from debris (grease mostly) struck on the dies. LDS, die state d. Evidence of repunching on the date is gone, the fields are flowlined, and die cracks reach from the bust tip through star 1 to the dentils and from the tip of the coronet through star 5 to the dentils. Called MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #55031. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#9 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Thomas P. Warfield, Associated Coin Auction Co. 10/28/55:716-Bruno Crossfield-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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