Lot 122
1846 N-3 R2 Repunched Date. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Slightly faded mint red mellowing to light bluish steel brown on the highpoints, two-thirds of the subdued mint color remaining. A gem except for a few trivial defects, including a very faint curved hairline scratch in the field right of star 2, a couple very light vertical nicks on the jawline, and a speck of carbon in the dentils over the R in AMERICA. A very tiny planchet chip on the rim at the in UNITED, as struck, is a good identifying mark. Sharply struck MDS, die state b. The fine die lines at the left top of star 13 are gone but the reverse is uncracked. The repunching on the 4 remains clear but it is gone on the other three digits. A choice cent. Our grade is MS64, CC#2 in the Grellman census. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in Red & Brown at PCGS. DWH #2398 (PCGS # 403860) .
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 3/10/04.
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