Lot 890
1848 N-35 R2 PCGS graded MS66 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mint red mellowing to steel and light olive brown on the devices, about two-thirds of the original red remaining on both sides. No notable spots or stains, nearly flawless. A thin nick in the field before the lower lip, and a tiny planchet chip on the lower half of the 1 in the date, and a tiny nick on the rim over the first T in STATES are the best identifying marks. MDS, die state b. The small bar in the dentils over the left top of the U in UNITED is faint, nearly gone, and the shallow lump in the field over star 3 has just started to show. Called MS65 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30461. Our grade is MS65, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex MTB (New York City) 5/78 (via Del Bland).
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