Lot 608
1840 N-5 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Large Date. Highly lustrous light olive and bluish steel faded down from mint color. Generous traces of mint red remain on the obverse. Attractive satiny mint frost covers the planchet and extends over the highest points of the design. Great eye appeal. A solid gem cent except for a tiny planchet lamination near the dentils at stars 9 & 10, as struck. This flaw does not catch your eye, but it counts, anyway. LDS, die state c. The small die defect often seen at the left top of the 0 in the date is gone and there are numerous small rim cud breaks around the obverse, the stronger ones at stars 9 & 13. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30871. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex B. Max Mehl personal collection-T. James Clarke 1955 (via Abe Kosoff).
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