Lot 121
1841 N-6 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown, CAC Approved. Choice frosty bluish steel brown and olive with mellowed mint red covering 15% of both sides. Satiny mint luster covers this cent, even the highest points of the devices, and the eye appeal is outstanding. Nearly flawless. The best identifying marks, and it takes a strong glass to see them, are a tiny planchet flake on a dentil over the C in AMERICA, a light rim nick at ME in AMERICA, and two more even smaller rim nicks at UN in UNITED. EDS, die state a. All the fine die lines are sharp and the fields are smooth. There is a bit of softness in the leaves under OF but all the fine hair details are sharp. A great 1841 cent. Our grade is MS63+, very close to MS64, and CC#2 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1, finest of the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP
Ex 1998 ANA Sale, Heritage, lot 5251-Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:910-unknown-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2005:1700.
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| Realized $5,640 |
