Lot 665
1843 N-12 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Petite Head with Small Letters Reverse. Frosty slightly mellowed mint red fading to light steel brown, about 80% of the red remaining. The surfaces are lustrous and attractive, but the luster is a bit subdued. The only marks are a small spot of dark bluish steel toning right of star 11 and another over the left side of the 8 in the date, plus a pair of faint hairlines between the ribbon tip and the adjacent U in UNITED. Nicely struck with full radial lines in all the stars except for #13. EDS, die state a. The fine die lines are clear and the rim cud over U has not formed. Called AU55 in the Noyes census, his photo #31124. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Gordon J. Wrubel 10/81.
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