Lot 709
1846 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Repunched Date. Lustrous bright mint red mellowing to bluish steel brown on the highpoints, slightly more than half the mint color showing on both sides. This cent is essentially as struck except for the fading mint color and a few microscopic specks of steel toning on both sides. The notable marks are a very shallow low spot in the field near the throat, several more in the field around ONE CENT, and a nick-like void on the rim over the I in AMERICA, all as struck. Rare LDS, die state f, with strong rim cud breaks over TATES and OF. The repunching on the date is gone except for remnants on the 4. Only 9 examples are known with these rim cud breaks, and this is the finest of that small group. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS67 and CC#1 overall in the Noyes census, his photo #31097. Our grade is MS65+, CC#1 overall for the variety regardless of the die state in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:230-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:476.
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