Lot 927
1849 N-9 R4 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Frosty light olive brown and steel with nearly a third of the original mint red showing, mostly on the reverse. Finding an identifying mark is quite difficult, and this cent would qualify for "gem" status if the surfaces offered a bit more luster. A tiny planchet flake in the field under the right edge of star 7 is a good identifying mark, but you need a powerful glass to see it. LDS, die state g. Crumbling shows at the bottom of the berry below the first S in STATES and between the leaves under the berry left of the O in ONE, but the crumbling on star 12 has not formed. Called MS63 and CC#1 among only 3 mint state examples in the Noyes census, his photo #30584. Our grade is MS64, CC#1 in the Grellman census, which contains only 2 examples in mint state grades.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:625-Gary Ruttenberg 3/90 (via Bob Grellman).
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