1851/81 1C N-3, RB MS(PCGS#400139)
1851/81 1C N-3, RB MS (PCGS#400139)
September 2021 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #123
- Auctioneer
- Goldberg Auctioneers
- Lot Number
- 264
- Grade
- MS66RB
- Price
- 6,300
- Lot Description
- Lot 264 1851/81 N-3 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Red & Brown, CAC Approved.Highly lustrous bluish steel and medium olive with 15% of the obverse and 30% of the reverse showing mint red. Satiny and virtually flawless, a beautiful cent. The only marks are a tiny nick over the left side of the first S in STATES and traces of an old fingerprint inside the wreath. M-LDS, die state b late. Most of the 51/81 feature has worn off the die but part of the undertype inverted 1 still show on the fight side of the second 1. Our grade is MS64+, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the finest graded.Estimated Value $4,000 - UP Ex 2012 ANA Sale, Heritage Auctions 10/18/2012:3136-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (lot ticket included).