Lot 666
1843 N-15 R3 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Petite Head with Small Letters Reverse. Lustrous light bluish steel brown faded from mint red, about 20% of the original color remaining. The surfaces are satiny and nearly flawless. The only marks are a few very light ticks in the field between the hairbuns and star 8 and a microscopic planchet flake in the field well above the bust tip. MDS, die state b. The fine die line at the right top of the N in ONE is gone and the fields are covered with microscopic die flowlines that give this cent excellent cartwheel luster. Called MS63 and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #31329. Our grade is MS64+ and CC#1 as well.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell-Del Bland 8/75-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/91:517.
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