Lot 974
1850 N-3 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to olive and steel on the devices, nearly half the original red remaining, mostly on the obverse. There are a couple very faint abrasions on the jawline and under star 6, plus microscopic planchet flakes in the field over the head and under the chin, as struck. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars and the devices on both sides properly impressed. MDS, die state b. The die line at star 2 and the ones over AMER are extremely faint, virtually gone, but the vertical line inside the bottom of the E in CENT is clear. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30473. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64, and CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:632.
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