Lot 1119
1848 N-14 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and light olive brown with 10-15% of the faded mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost offering excellent eye appeal. The notable marks are a splash of slightly darker toning at ME in AMERICA and a small spot of raised carbon above the left upright of N in ONE. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The die lines at star 5 are clear. Our grade is MS62, CC#4 in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 1 finer in 66BN.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 5/13/89-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:206.
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