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1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:299.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 USD
1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3
1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to steel brown, a third of the mint color remaining on both sides. There are some tiny carbon spots scattered over the obverse, including one on the forehead and another at the left point of star 8. Otherwise the only marks are a few tiny ticks on the cheek. Satiny mint luster covers both sides and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the small spots. E-MDS, die state a. The repunching over the 3 is sharp and the tiny die lines from the dentils over N in UNITED are clear. Called MS62 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30668. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census that contains only 4 pieces in mint state grades. PCGS population 1; the only example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3589 (PCGS # 405986) .
Estimated Value $600-UP.

Provenance: Ex Anderson Dupont, Stack's 9/24/54:975-Dorothy Nelson, Stack's (the "TAD" Collection) 2/4/76:179 (via Jerry Bobbe)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 9/7/2009:1144.