Lot 1300
1857 N-2 R1+ PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Small Date. Glossy light olive and chocolate with faded mint red covering 15% of the planchet, mostly on the reverse. Both sides are lustrous and offer excellent eye appeal. Just a few minor marks, including a faint spot of darker toning high on the neck, a collection of microscopic planchet voids in the field near the inner curl (as struck), and a speck of dark toning under the tip of the wreath stem. EDS, die state a. The die lines over UNIT are sharp. The tip of the coronet is weakly struck, as usual on this variety. Called MS63 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #31177. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#5 with many others in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Bruno Crossfield-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
|
| |
| Realized $3,335 |
