1856 1C N-3, RB MS(PCGS#406201)

1856 1C N-3, RB MS (PCGS#406201)

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

Losbeschreibung: Lot 448 1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown.Frosty mint red fading to medium olive brown and steel with 25% of the obverse and half of the reverse showing mint color. The surfaces are lustrous and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The notable marks, and they are trivial, are a speck of dark toning at the dentil tips above star 4, a small nick right of star 2, and a puff of darker toning at S-OF. M-LDS, die state f, with die cracks on both sides but no rim cud on the obverse. Our grade is MS63,tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 2 finer: 1 in 65+, 1 in 66.Estimated Value $700 - UP Ex Doug Bird, 1995 EAC Sale 4/22/1995:488-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (lot ticket included).