Lot 1107
1852 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Blazing mint red just starting to fade to light steel brown on the highpoints, 90% of the bright original color remaining. Great luster and eye appeal, but there are a few marks. These include tiny splashes of dark steel toning on the rim at stars 12-13 and another at the U in UNITED and the leaves below. The field behind the portrait shows a few microscopic ticks as well, but overall the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. MDS, die state c. Faint die cracks extend from the tip of the coronet to the dentils over star 5 and from the lowest curl to the dentils under the left point of star 13, but the reverse is uncracked. Called MS67 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30751. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex S. J. Kabealo 1/25/47:969.
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