Lot 1220
1854 N-23 R2 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Highly lustrous and very attractive frosty bluish steel and light olive brown with generous traces of faded mint color showing on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers this cent, and the outstanding eye appeal accounts for the lofty grade assigned by the folks at PCGS. The notable marks are a faint swipe of darker toning in the field right of star 3, a well-hidden speck of carbon on the curl over the right top of the 5, and another on the leaf under the right edge of the E in UNITED. A dull diagonal nick on the rim just right of the date is another good identifying mark. MDS, die state b early. The die line from star 11 to the dentils is gone and the clashmarks up from the right top of the T in CENT are sharp. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30908. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Sheraton Coin Co. 5/1947-Admiral Worthington S. Bitler.
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