Lot 851
1848 N-10 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Blazing mint red, virtually as perfect as the day it was struck. You can find some microscopic specks of dark steel toning if you search with a strong glass, but they are certainly not at all significant and they do not affect the incredible eye appeal offered by this cent. A speck of this toning under the right point of star 4 and two more right of the top of the 4, plus a barely visible tick off the tip of the bust are good identifying marks. M-LDS, die state c, with minor sinking around UNITED STA in addition to the earlier fine die crack through the top of MERIC. This cent is a perfect mate for the blazing gem 1848 Newcomb-9 offered earlier in this sale. Called MS66 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30615. Our grade is MS67, CC#1 in the Grellman census. Called MS70 by Ted Naftzger, and with good reason.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:563.
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