Lot 1196
1854 N-9 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Stray 18 and 4. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel and light olive with slightly more than half the faded mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. A small spot of darker toning in the field near the hair under star 8 and another at the top of the A in STATES are the best identifying marks. In addition, there is a planchet flake in the field over the bust tip, a smaller one off the chin, and another in the dentils over the left side of the U in UNITED, all as struck. Most of the neck and all of the cheek are slightly rough from fine debris on the die, and this feature is common on the variety. M-LDS, die state c. The fields are slightly rough from die erosion and there is a flowline from the left end of the base of the 1 to the space between dentils. The stray 1 is strongly punched into the right side of the ear, and the top of the weaker 8 is visible in the depression right of the Y. Parts of the stray 4 can be found in the curls over the 5. Why date digits were punched in these places will remain a mystery, but the end result is a very popular die variety for collectors. Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30724. Our grade is MS64+, close to MS65, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Bruno Crossfield-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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