Lot 850
1848 N-10 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Lustrous light steel brown and olive faded down from mint color, about 30% of the red remaining. The fields are hard and smooth while the devices are satiny, and the resulting eye appeal is outstanding. A speck of carbon in the field under star 8 and another resting on the top of the E in ONE are the only defects, and they are not at all distracting from the beauty of this cent. Nicely struck EDS but not quite the earliest, die state a, with a faint die crack connecting the tops of RI in AMERICA but before the die line is added inside the left top of the T in UNITED. Called MS63 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #30595. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:562.
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