Lot 898
1848 N-44 R6- PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Frosty olive and bluish steel brown with faded mint red covering at least 10% of both sides. Satiny mint luster covers the planchet and the eye appeal is excellent. The best identifying marks are a subtle splash of slightly darker toning on the neck just left of the middle curl and a speck of planchet slag in the field near the dentils under the wreath. The fields are smooth while the devices are matte in texture giving this piece a cameo look when the light hits just right. The strike is soft on the coronet over LIB and a couple of the stars do not show all their radial lines, but overall the strike is decent. E-MDS, die state a. The die lines at UN are clear. Called MS62 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30508. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census. The next best example in both census lists grades only EF40. This piece and the following lot are the only mint state examples known to both census takers.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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