Lot 644
1842 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Large Date. Very attractive frosty mint red fading to steel and chocolate brown, about half the original mint color remaining, 80% on the obverse and 20% on the reverse. Both sides are lustrous and satiny. The only defects are a spot of dark olive toning under the right foot of the 1, a couple light nicks on the chin, and a shallow nick between the second A in AMERICA and the stem tip. Nicely struck EDS, die state a. The fine die lines from the dentils under the date and stars 12-13 are clear and the crisscrossed ones behind ONE CENT are sharp. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31020. Our grade is MS65, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex "The Wurtzbach Group" (Carl Wurtzbach)-unknown consignor, Stack's 1976 ANA Sale 8/24/76:389 (where misattributed as N-3).
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