Lot 1213
1854 N-19 R3 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Lustrous chocolate and steel with wisps of darker olive toning on the obverse. Faded mint color covers 10% of the planchet, all in protected areas. Just a few barely visible marks, including a small planchet chip on the throat and a couple tiny planchet voids on the left side of the M in AMERICA, all as struck. MDS, die state b. A die crack arcs across the obverse from the dentils at star 3 through the top of the head to the dentils at star 9. (Uncracked examples, die state a, are quite rare.) Called MS61 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #30821. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex Larry Whitlow/Jerry Bobbe (Ford City Coins) 2/17/76.
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