Lot 1129
1852 N-18 R3 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Repunched 18. Lustrous chocolate and bluish olive brown with peeps of mint color on the obverse while 10% of the reverse displays original mint red. The fields are satiny and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. The only marks are a speck of darker toning just left of star 11 and a small patch of shallow planchet voids in the dentils over star 5, as struck. Rare EDS, die state a. Short but clear horizontal dashes from misplaced numerals show near the dentil tips under the 1 & 8, and the top of a twice-punched stray 1 shows as two rectangular lumps on the bust. In addition, there is doubling under the peak of the normal 1 and along the upper left of the adjacent 8. A wonderful example of the seldom seen early state. Called MS60 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #30800. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Source unrecorded.
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