Lot 1189
1854 N-4 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Repunched 4. Beautiful frosty chocolate and steel brown with traces of mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are lustrous and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. A small nick on the tip of the nose and a spot of darker steel toning on the left point of star 9 are the notable marks. Struck from the earliest state of the dies, die state a. Fine diagonal die polishing lines cover the fields on both sides and evidence of the repunching on the 4 is sharp. The fields are smooth and In addition, evidence of another misplaced 4 shows in the curls over the left side of the 5 where the upright and a trace of the seriph of the crossbar can be found. Called MS60 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census his photo #30670. Our grade is MS63, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/84:1926 (via Tony Terranova).
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