1846 1C N-3, BN MS(PCGS#403859)

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

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

74

Grade

MS64BN

Price

990

Lot Description

Lot 74 1846 N-3 R2 Small Date, Date Repunched PCGS graded MS64 Brown.Frosty bluish steel brown and light olive with peeps of very faded mint red showing on both sides. Satiny mint luster covers the planchet and the eye appeal is excellent. Only a few of the stars have all their radial lines but everything else is sharply struck. The only notable marks are some tiny ticks in the field above star 1 and a few more on the nose, none visible to the unaided eye. EDS, die state a, with fine horizontal lines from the lowest curl to star 13 and no die cracks. Repunching is visible on all 4 digits of the date. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#8 for the variety in the Grellman census but second finest of the early die state. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 2 finer in 65.Estimated Value $800 - UP Ex Robert Clark-Denis Loring 2/6/1988-Wesley A. Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:94-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:251 ($690)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Rasmussen and Brown collection envelopes and both lot tickets).