Lot 1232
1854 N-29 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to bluish steel brown, 25% of the red showing on the obverse, 50% on the reverse. The frosty mint luster is unbroken, and the only marks visible without a strong glass are a tiny speck of dark toning near the hair right of star 6 and a very shallow low spot in the field off the chin. MDS, die state b. A triangular die clashmark is located just off the tip of the chin, and the clashmark at the left top of the O in ONE is now doubled. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31230. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census. Ted's envelope includes a statement attributed to Jules Reiver in the 1984 Starr catalog: "This variety discovered by Ted Naftzger in 1976."
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff 10/21/59:325-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:795.
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