Lot 883
1854 N-10 R2. PCGS graded MS-66 Red & Brown. CAC Approved. Frosty mint red fading to light bluish steel brown on the highpoints with 90% of the bright original mint color remaining on the obverse and two-thirds of the red showing on the reverse. The only marks are a couple very shallow low spots or planchet flakes on the cheek (as struck), a small nick just left of star 9, and a faint spot of slightly darker toning near the dentils over star 3. Very sharply struck EDS but not quite the earliest state, die state b, with a fine die crack from the rim through the C in AMERICA through the wreath to the NT in CENT. The obverse is uncracked. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer. (PCGS # 406089) .
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex John R. Pasciuti (via Bob Grellman) 6/1992-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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