Lot 782
1847 N-22 R3+ PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Lustrous olive and dark bluish steel brown with ample underlying very faded mint color showing through in the fields on both sides. Very sharply struck and virtually flawless. The stars and devices are perfectly impressed, and the portrait is covered with microscopic die rust that gives it a bit of a cameo look. A spot of darker olive brown toning on the left top of the 7 and a tiny nick on the base of the 1 are the best identifying marks, and they are not at all distracting. E-MDS, die state c early. There is a fine die crack from the dentils left of the date reaching into the field off the peak of the 1 and a very faint one reaching down from the dentils to the top of star 8. The additional die crack associated with state c, the one connecting the left end of the base of the 1 to the dentils below, has not formed. Called MS63 and CC#2 among only 5 in mint state according to the Noyes census, his photo #55092. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 among 6 mint state pieces in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:527.
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