Lot 662
1843 N-11 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Petite Head with Small Letters Reverse. Repunched 84. Attractive lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel and light olive brown, about a third of the slightly faded mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. The only marks are a couple tiny splashes of darker toning over star 11 and another under the left foot of the M in AMERICA. A good identifying mark is a tiny planchet flake in the dentils over the left top of the I in UNITED, as struck. Nicely struck EDS, die state a. The reverse is uncracked and the usually-seen rectangular depression at the inner curl has not formed. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31181. Our grade is MS65, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex T. James Clarke-B. Max Mehl 4/24/1947.
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