Lot 150
1857 N-4 R1 Small Date PCGS MS64 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty slightly mellowed mint red faded to dark bluish steel and olive on the highpoints, about half the original mint color remaining. Great eye appeal with lustrous surfaces and only a few minor marks. These include a speck of dark toning in the dentils at star 12, another between the top of the 1 and the bust above, and a tiny nick over the left top of the N in ONE. The tip of the coronet over LIB is softly struck, as usual. Scarce E-MDS, die state a. The die line from the lower left point of star 1 to the dentils at the left is dull but visible and the dies are unclashed. Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #31518. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 1 finer in 65 for the variety. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Scott 3/9/1973-Jerry A. Bobbe 3/30/1973-Del Bland-Myles Z. Gerson-Stanley Kesselman 7/1980-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1302 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket).
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| Realized $2,233 |
