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1852 N-12 R1 Repunched 18 MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:499.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 USD and UP
1852 N-12 R1 Repunched 18 MS64
1852 N-12 R1 Repunched 18 MS64. The obverse is bright mint red just starting to mellow on the devices with at least 75% of the mint color remaining. The reverse, in contrast, is lustrous frosty steel brown with underlying very faded mint color peeking through in the fields and protected areas. Both sides are essentially flawless. The best identifying marks are two microscopic specks of dark toning off the bust tip and a thin struck-through line (caused by a tiny piece of lint stuck on the die) right of the date. MDS, die state b (Newcomb's old #13). The repunching on the 18 is gone and a dull die crack extends from the bust to star 13. A beautiful cent that might rate gem status if the toning was more uniform between the two sides. Tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS66RB (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution).
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Bowers & Merena 3/18/99:1178-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1086, The Northwest Collection.