Lot 1227
1854 N-25 R3 PCGS graded "Genuine." Stray 4 in Curls. Frosty bright mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints with 90% of the mint color showing on the obverse, 80% on the reverse. The only defects are a small spot of darker toning at the upper left point of star 9 and another at the feet of the R & I in AMERICA. Both of these spots were very lightly rubbed to minimize the impact on the eye appeal of an otherwise fantastic lustrous gem cent. LDS, die state b. The die clashmarks at the throat and chin are dull, hidden by flowlines but still visible. The spike down from the curl left of star 13 (from the seriph of the crossbar of the stray 4) is dull but remains visible. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS66 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30857. Our grade is MS64+, very close to MS65, and CC#4 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Massachusetts Historical Society, Stack's 1976 ANA Sale 8/76:318-Stack's 3/18/86:905 (via Tony Terranova).
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