1852 1C N-4, BN MS(PCGS#147238)

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

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

320

Grade

MS64BN

Price

552

Lot Description

Lot 320 1852 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown.Lustrous bluish steel and olive with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. This cent may have been dipped long ago, but if true then it has retoned nicely and offers excellent eye appeal. The only mark is a small spot of dark toning on the front edge of the neck near the jaw. M-LDS, die state b, with a die crack from the dentils off the tip of the wreath ribbon up the left side of the wreath to ST into the dentils above. Our grade is AU58but it comes with choice mint state eye appeal. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 2 finer: 1 in 65+, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $400 - UP Ex Jerry A. Bobbe 8/1986 ($500)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1094 ($483)-Allen G. Ross, 2016 EAC Sale, 4/9/2016:479-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and the EAC Sale lot ticket).