1854 1C Newcomb 22, BN MS(PCGS#403955)

1854 1C Newcomb 22, BN MS (PCGS#403955)

September 2021 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #123

Description du lot: Lot 408 1854 N-22 R4 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved.Beautiful lustrous light olive and medium brown with 10% of the obverse and 40% of the reverse showing mint red. This cent has great eye appeal in spite of a shallow low spot that covers the cheek and upper part of the neck (caused by debris/lubricant on the die). The only marks are a tiny planchet flake on the rim at star 2 and a light diagonal scratch at the left base of the N in CENT. MDS, die state a late, with a dull horizontal line right of the upper part of the 4. Our grade is MS62,tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the finest graded in BN. Estimated Value $700 - UP Ex Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/30/1994:488-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1349 ($518)-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/2005:1963-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the last lot ticket).