Lot 654
1843 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Petite Head with Reverse of 1844. Dark bluish steel and olive brown with faded mint red covering about a third of the planchet. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost that remains unbroken on the highest points of the design. Great eye appeal. No spots or stains. The only marks are a tiny pinprick in the field close before the nose, a pair of tiny ticks in the field over star 11, and a very shallow planchet flake over the T in CENT, as struck. LDS, die state d (Newcomb's old #13). The die markers found on the earlier die states are gone except for a single tiny point up from the top of the N in ONE. The rim cud under the 1 is partially visible but not nearly as strong as seen in state b and c. All the stars are fully struck, which is typical of the late state but quite uncommon for the early state. Called MS63 and tied for CC#7 overall in the Noyes census, his photo #31082. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#3 overall in the Grellman census. Yet another beautiful cent called MS70 by Ted Naftzger.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Freeman collection, Abner Kreisberg & Hans M. F. Schulman 5/24/58:1285.
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