Lot 1116
1852 N-12 R1 PCGS graded MS67 Brown. Repunched 18 & 2. Lustrous reddish steel brown faded down from mint color with underlying faded red bleeding through in the fields and protected areas. The planchet is covered with satiny mint frost that remains unbroken, even on the highest points of the design. Fantastic eye appeal, virtually perfect with everything sharply struck. A hint of darker toning at the junction of the feet of the E & R in LIBERTY and a tiny speck of golden toning near the dentils left of star 3 are good identifying marks on this remarkable cent. EDS, die state a. Repunching is clearly visible under the base of the 1 with less obvious but clearly present repunching along the bottom edge of the 8 and on the right end of the base of the 2. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30801. Our grade is MS66, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:711.
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