Lot 860
1854 N-8 R1. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate with generous traces of mint color remaining on both sides. Sharply struck and very attractive; hence the lofty grade assigned by PCGS. No spots or stains. The only defects are a few light, unobtrusive contact marks, including a dull nick on the coronet over IB and a very thin horizontal nick on the nose above the nostril. Sharply struck EDS, die state a (a rare die state in mint state). Our grade is MS62+, very close to MS63. Not in the overall condition census for the variety but tied for finest known honors among those known in the early die state. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label (PCGS # 406081) .
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex 1996 EAC Sale 5/4/1996:369-H. Craig Hamling 6/2000-Doug Durasoff.
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