Lot 1230
1854 N-27 R3- PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Stray 1 in Bust. Very attractive lustrous steel and light olive brown with a third of the slightly mellowed mint red remaining. Great eye appeal, only a few trivial marks from gem status. These include a small but dark planchet flake on the right edge of the nostril, a tiny speck of dark toning in the field just under the lower lip, a dull nick in the dentils under the 4, and a sharp nick on the rim over the right side of the M in AMERICA. M-LDS, die state c. The lump on the bust from the top of the stray 1 is gone and the dash over the 8 is faint. The reverse is rotated 75 degrees CW from its normal head-to-foot orientation (a relatively common occurrence for this variety). Called MS64 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31377. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64, and CC#2 overall but finest with a rotated reverse in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Bruno Crossfield-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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