Lot 869
1848 N-23 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mellowed mint red blending to steel and light olive on the devices, at least half of the mellowed mint color remaining. Great eye appeal and nearly flawless surfaces. A tiny, very shallow low spot close under the tip of the nose (as struck), a faint wisp of darker steel toning on the cheek, and a tiny speck of dark toning over the E in UNITED are the notable marks, and they are trivial. MDS, die state a late. The obverse die has been lapped to remove some but not all of the original roughness around stars 2-6, but the die line to the E in CENT remains visible. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #55169 (which is improperly classified there as N-33). Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Denis Loring 6/21/88-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:216-Tony Terranova 9/28/98.
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