Lot 1105
1852 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. The obverse is lustrous reddish olive brown with very faded red bleeding through in the fields and protected areas. The reverse is frosty faded red shifting to dark bluish steel and olive on the devices, about 75% of the faded mint color showing on that side. The fields are smooth and slightly reflective, and they are covered with fine die polishing lines indicating these dies were new. Walter Breen suggested some examples in this die state were proof strikes (he called them Breen-23, not in Newcomb, but all were really Newcomb-8), and he listed them in his encyclopedia of proof coins. They are not proofs, just prooflike strikes from new, nicely polished dies. The only notable mark on this piece is a subtle spot of darker toning in the field under star 10, but a tiny planchet chip close over the bust may be a more reliable identifying mark. EDS, die state a. Both dies are uncracked. Called MS65 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #55032. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#9 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Source unrecorded, but the envelope suggests this piece may be from the Blaisdell collection obtained via Del Bland 9/76.
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