1846 1C N-13, Tall Date, BN MS(PCGS#403889)

September 2009 Pre-Long Beach Auction #54 - 9/09 Hawaii Collection

Auctioneer

Goldberg Auctioneers

Lot Number

730

Grade

MS64 Brown

Price

2,990

Lot Description

Horizontal Line through Center of 1. Attractive uniform lustrous steel brown and light chocolate. Virtually flawless in every respect. The best identifying marks, and they are quite trivial, is a small spot of slightly darker toning close over the tip of the coronet plus two more even smaller ones just left of star 7. Sharply struck M-LDS, die state c. Shallow but clearly visible crumbling shows inside the top and bottom of the R in AMERICA. The obverse fields are slightly reflective thanks to a fresh die lapping. One of only 3 mint state examples known of the variety. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31291. Our grade is MS63</B>, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census. <BR>Estimated Value $1,000-UP. <I><BR>Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 5/16/1945:743-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:487.</I>