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1847 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
1847 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown.
1847 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Lustrous olive and bluish steel with 20% of the mint red showing on the obverse, at least 40% remaining on the reverse. Excellent eye appeal. The notable defects are a speck of darker toning in the dentils at star 1, another between star 4 and the nose, and a tiny planchet chip on the coronet over the I in LIBERTY. EDS, die state a, without the additional die crack through the top of ME. The fine die lines at the neck and throat are sharp and the obverse fields are smooth. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31238. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:508.

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