Lot 637
1842 N-5 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Large Date. Lustrous bright mint red just starting to mellow to steel brown on the highpoints, 85% of the original color remaining. Fabulous eye appeal in spite of a few trivial marks. These include a couple very thin, barely visible nicks on the jaw and throat, a tiny spot of dark toning just off the lower lip, and another over the 2 in the date. Nicely struck EDS, die state a. This is the earliest die state seen. All the fine die lines are clear and the reverse fields are prooflike. The top of the misplaced 4 is clearly visible in the dentils under the left side of the normal 4. This is a fabulous cent, and like most in this collection it was used to help prepare the diagrams and variety description for the variety in the Grellman attribution guide for the late date large cents. Called MS67 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30873. Our grade is MS65+, very close to MS66, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Kenneth Sartoris 7/72 (via Denis Loring).
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