Lot 842
1848 N-8 R3- PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to light chocolate and steel, more than a third of the red showing. Great eye appeal, essentially flawless except for a faint horizontal hairline under CENT and faint traces of an old fingerprint inside the wreath. Sharply struck with crisp details in all the devices and full radial lines in all the stars except for #5. E-MDS, die state b, with a fine die crack through the tops of ME to the dentils over the adjacent A. The die line that meanders across the top of the neck is clear (always present on this variety). Called MS64 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census his photo #30620. Our grade is MS64+, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. James O. Sloss, Abe Kosoff 10/21/59:258.
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