Lot 357
1846 N-8 R1 Small Date PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Beautiful lustrous mint red fading to gunmetal blue and steel with more than a third of the mint color remaining. The surfaces are satiny and free of contact marks. The only defect, and it is barely visible, is a thin, very shallow streak of darker planchet impurity on the bottom of the bust above the right side of the 8 (as struck). MDS, die state b early. The die lines at the throat and N in ONE are dull but still visible. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31341. Our grade is MS64+, close to MS65, and tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger-Heard provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 2 finer in 65 for the variety. PCGS #403875. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Paramount International Sales Co. 4/9/1980:1161 (via Stanley Kesselman)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:722-unknown-Heritage Auctions 1/5/2011:3177.
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