Lot 653
1843 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Red & Brown. Petite Head with Reverse of 1844. Highly lustrous bright original mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints, about 80% of the original color remaining. Fabulous eye appeal, a gem cent that really catches your eye. No spots or stains. The only defects are a tiny scuff that breaks the mint frost between star 13 and the adjacent curl and faint traces of an old fingerprint around the end of the wreath ribbon. LDS, die state d, with both dies heavily worn. The small lump under the 1 is gone, as is the rim cud under the 1, and the normally strong points up from the top of the N in ONE are reduced to a single microscopic point. This is Newcomb's #13, which he failed to recognize as a late state of his #4. Called MS65 and tied for CC#2 overall but tied for CC#1 of the late state in the Noyes census, his photo #31380. Our grade is MS65+, close to MS66, and tied for CC#1 honors. Another superior cent called MS70 by Ted.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex 1984 FUN Show, Florida Coin Exchange 1/7/84:22 (via Tony Terranova).
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