Lot 829
1848 N-1 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Repunched 184. Frosty mint red blending to steel and chocolate on the highpoints, more than half of the original red showing, especially on the reverse. Great eye appeal and only a few minor defects. These include a pair of tiny ticks under the earlobe, a few faint parallel hairline scratches in the field off the chin, and a couple tiny carbon spots hidden in the leaves below the C in CENT. The strike is decent but not perfect as only half the stars show their radial lines. E-MDS, die state b. The obverse die has been lapped and most of the repunching on the 1 & 8 found on the earliest state has been removed leaving only traces up from the right foot of the 1 and inside the upper loop of the 8. The repunching on the 4 remains clear inside the triangle and right of the upright near the crossbar. Called MS63 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #55098. Our grade is MS63, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Charles M. Williams, Abe Kosoff & Abner Kreisberg (Numismatic Gallery) 11/14/1950:523-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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