1857 1C N-1, RB MS(PCGS#389635)

1857 1C N-1, RB MS (PCGS#389635)

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

Losbeschreibung: Lot 474 1857 N-1 R1 Large Date NGC graded MS66 Red & Brown.Frosty mint red fading to olive and steel brown with more than a third of the mint color remaining visible. An attractive cent with just a few minor marks including two microscopic specks of dark toning close below the eye, a small scuff on the rim below the 5, a small nick on the lower left of the E in CENT, and a nick hidden in the leaves below the O in OF. M-LDS, die state b. The fields are flowlined and the earlier repunching in the dentils below the 18 is dull and faint. The early die lines over NI in UNITED are gone. Our grade is MS63, tied with may other examples for CC#9 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the NGC label. NGC population 2; none finer in BN.Estimated Value $1,750 - UP Ex James R. McGuigan-Dr. Philip W. Ralls 3/1992-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1534 ($1610)-Martin Paul (The Rarities Group), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/24/2003:538-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (last lot ticket included).