Lot 899
1848 N-44 R6- PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Lustrous dark bluish steel and olive brown with 5% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 40% on the reverse. Great eye appeal and better struck than the preceding example. The stars all display their radial lines and the coronet over LIB is almost fully impressed. The only mark of any significance is a thin nick on the nostril and upper lip, but this mark is visible only with the aid of a glass. M-LDS, die state b. The die lines at UN are gone and there is minor sinking and crumbling around the wreath and legend on the reverse. The die crack at ME found in the latest state has not formed. The obverse fields are smooth and slightly reflective in contrast to the matte surface on the portrait. Called MS62 and tied for CC#1 with the preceding example in the Noyes census, his photo #30558. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#1 with the preceding piece in the Grellman census. The next best grades only EF40 in both census lists, so you get one of these or you do without a mint state example of this rare variety.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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