Lot 1280
1856 N-13 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Italic 5. Lustrous steel and light chocolate brown with at least a third of the mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. Excellent eye appeal with only a few minor marks. These include a faint splash of slightly darker toning left of star 3 and a speck of dark toning inside the U in UNITED. E-MDS, die state b. The die lines connecting the N's in ONE CENT are incomplete but the strong line from the O in ONE reaches the E below. Called MS63 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31128. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex James Kelly-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:325-unknown-Las Vegas Coin Convention bourse 2/70-Del Bland 2/7/73.
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