Lot 998
1850 N-17 R4 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Repunched 5. Clipped Planchet. Lustrous light greenish olive brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a pair of very tiny nicks on the neck and a small spot of dark toning on the rim over the T in UNITED. The best identifying mark on this cent, however, is a minor mint-made planchet clip at the top of star 4 that affects the dentils over that star and the opposing ones at NI in UNITED. Rare M-LDS, die state b. A fine die crack on the rim outlines where a rim cud is forming at stars 6-8. This die crack is faint but complete from end to end. Delicate repunching is visible under the 5 and the die lines along the front edge of the neck and behind the head are clear. A beautiful cent in a very rare die state. Called MS60 and tied for CC#1 honors among only 4 mint state examples in the Noyes census, his photo #30784. Our grade is MS62+, close to MS63, and tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex Russell Wyatt, Superior 9/30/85:807.
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