Lot 870
1848 N-23 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Beautiful bluish steel and olive brown with 10% of the faded mint color showing, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous offering outstanding eye appeal. The only identifying mark is a tiny, barely visible horizontal planchet chip at the midpoint of the nose, as struck. M-LDS, die state b. The die line from the first S in STATES to the E in CENT is mostly gone, only a faint remnant from the bottom of the O in ONE to the E still visible under strong magnification. The field is starting to rise along the profile of the portrait. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30556. Our grade is MS63, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Hall Park McCullough, Stack's 11/20/67:133.
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