Lot 1130
1852 N-20 R3+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Glossy light to medium chocolate with darker chocolate brown in protected areas on the obverse. Probably recolored, but the eye appeal is excellent. A dull depression, possibly a stray planchet cutter impression, shows just off the dentils tips at stars 3 & 4 and a shallow depression is located on the rim above the D in UNITED. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. All the fine die finishing lines are sharp, including several previously unlisted ones over MERIC and the E in STATES. Called AU55 and CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #30759. Our grade is net AU58, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:699.
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