Lot 919
1849 N-5 R3+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Very attractive and highly lustrous bluish steel and light olive with ample faded mint color remaining in protected areas. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. The only notable defects are a short, very light pinscratch in the field before the curl on the forehead and a thin horizontal nick or planchet void left of the earlobe. LDS, die state i, the latest seen for the variety. There are numerous small crumbles on the reverse, including a final one that fills most of the lower part of the R in AMERICA. Called MS62 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30485. Our grade is MS62+, very close to MS63, and CC#2 in the Grellman census. Only 4 mint state examples are listed by both census takers.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Myles Z. Gerson 1/3/80-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:1196.
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