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1853 N-10 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 USD
1853 N-10 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red.
1853 N-10 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red. Repunched Date. Blazing bright original mint red just starting to shift to light steel brown on the highest points of the design, nearly all the original color remaining. A bright, fresh cent offering superb eye appeal. The notable marks are a small patch of light steel brown toning left of star 6 and a half dozen very tiny specks of similar toning in the field left of star 12. A very shallow low spot caused by debris on the die covers much of the neck and a trio of very tiny low spots are located at NT in CENT, all as struck. MDS, die state b. The dash at the dentils under the 1 is strong and clear repunching is visible inside the tops of the other 3 digits as well. This is a common die state of a common die variety, but this is a truly fantastic example worthy of the finest date or type set. This cent is plated in the new Dave Bowers book, The Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Half Cents and Large Cents. Called MS68 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #30765. Our grade is MS66, CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Source not recorded, but it must have been an early acquisition as the envelope has only the Andrews #10 attribution.

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