Lot 141
1853 N-10 R1 Repunched Date PCGS graded MS66+ Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Highly lustrous frosty mint red fading to light steel brown and bluish steel with about 15% of the mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless, and the eye appeal of this cent is superb. The best identifying marks, and they are difficult to see with a glass, are a tiny planchet flake on the rim under the left end of the base of the 1 in the date and a speck of dark toning at a dentil tip over the right side of the first T in STATES. MDS, die state b. The fine die lines at MER are gone but the repunching at the dentil tips under the base of the 1 remains clear. A truly superior example of a common die variety, perfect for a top-notch date or major variety collection. Our grade is MS65, tied for 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 $1,500 - UP
Ex Allison Park Collection, American Numismatic Rarities 8/15/2004:116.
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