1854 1C N-19, BN MS(PCGS#406112)

1854 1C N-19, BN MS (PCGS#406112)

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

Losbeschreibung: Lot 405 1854 N-19 R3+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved.Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with slightly faded mint red showing on 5% of the obverse and 20% of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and show only minor defects. These include traces of an old fingerprint around the date and stars 1-3, a speck of darker toning left of star 5, a nick on the rim below star 13, and some dirt nestled into the leaves below the second A in AMERICA. MDS, die state b early, with a very fine die crack across the upper part of the obverse. Nicely struck except for weakness at the curl over the 4. Our grade is MS60+, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 2 finer: 1 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $600 - UP Ex Thomas L. Elder 11/9/1923 (54 cents)-unknown-Dublin & Browne Rare Coin Company-Aghababian, Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA Sale 8/2014:5106-John McBride 6/20/2020-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes an old collection envelope probably from the 1923 buyer and the ANA Sale lot ticket).