Lot 894
1848 N-41 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown with 25% of the slightly faded mint color showing on both sides. (Seems like this cent deserves a "Red & Brown" designation from the folks at PCGS.) The surfaces are lustrous and the mint frost is unbroken. Great eye appeal. There are some small spots of lighter toning around star 9, and the only defect is a small spot of darker toning over the T in UNITED. Nicely struck E-MDS, die state b, with crumbling in the notch between the two loops on the left side of the second 8 in the date. Ted's envelope is covered with his handwritten notes documenting his confusion regarding the proper attribution of this cent. It came to him as N-9, but he determined the dies were different, and he was correct. Ted really studied these cents, and his observations were usually on target. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30512. Our grade is MS64, CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Dr. Ken Sartoris 5/72-Del Bland-Myles Z. Gerson-Stanley Kesselman 7/80.
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