Lot 671
1844 N-1 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel faded down from mint red, about 20% of the mellowed red remaining, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and offer excellent eye appeal. The only notable defects are a faint hairline scratch on the coronet left of the L and traces of an old fingerprint at the E in ONE. LDS, die state e, with a tiny lump in the field close under the inner point of star 4. The repunching at the base of the 1 in the date is weak but remains visible. Called MS64 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31046. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:737-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:441.
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| Realized $2,300 |
