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1853 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 USD
1853 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown.
1853 N-8 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown, nearly a third of the red remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is a carbon spot near the bun left of star 10 and a smaller one off the tip of the coronet, plus a couple more specks of darker toning elsewhere on the obverse, plus a collection of tiny planchet flakes in the leaves over the E in ONE, as struck. Otherwise this cent is beautiful. Nicely struck MDS, die state b. The die lines near the dentils at stars 2-3 and over star 10 are gone. Called MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #31425. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $750-UP.
Ex Dr. Bob Shalowitz 6/17/89-Wes Rasmussen 2/92 (via Bob Grellman).

Our item number 144605