Lot 868
1854 N-27 R3-. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Very attractive lustrous mint red fading to steel brown on the devices with nearly a third of the mint red remaining on each side. Great eye appeal, just a few trivial marks from flawless. The notable marks are a tiny planchet flake on the right end of the nostril (as struck), a speck of darker toning in the field close before the lower lip, a dull nick hidden in the dentils under the 4, and a diagonal nick on the rim over the M in AMERICA. M-LDS, die state c, with the reverse rotated 75 degrees clockwise relative to the usual head-to-foot die orientation. The lump on the bust seen in the early state is gone and the dash over the 8 is faint. Graded MS64 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31377. Our grade is MS63+, very close to MS64. CC#2 in the Grellman census for the variety but finest of those known with the rotated reverse. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label (PCGS # 406134) .
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Bruno Crossfield-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/10976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1230-Chris McCawley-Doug Durasoff (the Hines and Naftzger collection envelopes are included).
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| Realized $2,938 |
