Lot 129
1845 N-10 R2 PCGS graded MS64+ Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Beautiful lustrous mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints of the devices, about 80% of the original mint color remaining. A very impressive cent with just a few trivial marks. The notable ones are a couple light ticks on the chin, another in the field to the left, and a spot of very fine carbon on the tip of the coronet. M-LDS, die state b late. There are two die cracks up to the dentils from the left top of the E in UNITED, and the section between the two cracks is just starting to rise as a tiny retained cud. Our grade is consistent with the PCGS grade, tied for CC#1 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Manuel Ahumada-Doug Bird 12/1997-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes)-Doug Bird 9/2004 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope).
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