Lot 683
1845 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and light olive brown faded down from mint red. Half the slightly faded mint color remains on the obverse and 20% is visible on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost that is unbroken, even on the highpoints of the devices. Would rate a gem grade except for a barely visible planchet lamination on the rim left of star 2 and another smaller one on the rim at star 13, both as struck. Neither of these flaws is at all distracting and the eye appeal is outstanding. EDS but not quite the earliest, die state b early, with an extremely faint die crack through the tops of TED that does not extend to the dentils right of the D. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 honors in the Noyes census, his photo #31583. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Dr. Kenneth Sartoris 7/72 (via Denis Loring).
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