Lot 985
1850 N-9 R2 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Bright original mint red fading to light olive and bluish steel on the highpoints, nearly two-thirds of the original color remaining, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are highly lustrous and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. A very faint scuff high on the neck barely breaks the frosty luster there, and there is a small spot of dark toning at the lower left of the 0 in the date. Sharply struck MDS, die state b, with a die crack through the top of ME to the dentils over the adjacent A. The die lines down from the dentils left of star 6 are clear and the points at ONE CENT are sharp. All the stars show full radial lines and the devices are perfectly impressed. Called MS63 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #30573. Our grade is MS64+, close to MS65, and tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex Kenneth Goldman 12/75 (via Denis Loring).
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