Lot 1132
1852 N-21 R4 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. The obverse is frosty dark bluish steel and olive with very faded red covering the protected areas. The reverse is steel brown and light chocolate faded down from mint color with half the faded red remaining. The surfaces are lustrous, but the luster is slightly subdued by a layer of natural oxidation. A small contact mark on the rim above star 4 is the only defect. Nicely struck MDS, die state b, with a fine die crack from the coronet tip through star 5 to the dentils. Called MS65 and CC#1 by 4 points in the Noyes census, his photo #30848. Our grade is MS60+, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex L. S. Werner 10/63.
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