Lot 648
1843 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Petite Head with Small Letters Reverse. Lustrous dark bluish steel brown and chocolate with 15% of the mint color remaining. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal is excellent. No spots, stains, or contact marks. There is a bit of dirt around ONE CENT and a tiny planchet flake on the left pendant of the first T in STATES, as struck, that can help identify this cent. Scarce LDS, die state c. The spur down to the right from the base of the N in ONE is gone, as are the other fine die lines seen on early state examples. The rim cuds at UN and NI found on earlier pieces are not visible on this piece due to the very narrow rim in that area. This is Newcomb's #7, which he failed to recognize as a late, lapped die state of his #2. Called MS62 and CC#5 over all but finest of the N-7 die state in the Noyes census, his photo #31010. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#2 overall but finest of the late state in the Grellman census. This is the exact coin used by Grellman to confirm Newcomb's error on 3/7/87, and that fact is noted on Ted's envelope.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex William R. Hall Coins (San Francisco)-Myles Z. Gerson 7/80.
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