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1852 N-20 R3+

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD
1852 N-20 R3+
1852 N-20 R3+. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Lustrous light chocolate and bluish steel brown with at least 5% of the mint color remaining. A faint pinscratch across the bottom of the neck and a spot of darker toning under the E in CENT are the only marks on an otherwise very attractive cent. M-LDS, die state a. The fine die lines of the early state are gone but there are no rim cud breaks on the obverse. Called MS60 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #55080. Our grade is MS60+, CC#1 as the only mint state example in the Grellman census. PCGS population 1; none finer in Brown at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3587 (PCGS # 147278) .
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Del Bland 2/7/73-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 9/7/2009:1131.