1849 1C Newcomb 30, BN MS(PCGS#405710)

1849 1C Newcomb 30, BN MS (PCGS#405710)

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

Losbeschreibung: Lot 226 1849 N-30 R5+ PCGS graded XF40.Glossy medium brown with light chocolate and steel toning on the highpoints of the devices. Smooth and attractive with only a few minor contact marks, just lightly worn. A thin diagonal nick left of the peak of the 1 and a tiny planchet chip under the lower right point of star 3 can help identify this cent. LDS, die state b, with obvious crumbling inside the top of the N in ONE. Our grade is VF25, tied for CC#13 in the Grellman census for the variety but tied for CC#3 of those known in the late die state. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 4 finer: 1 in 50, 2 in 63, 1 in 64.Estimated Value $500 - UP Ex Rodney C. Burress 4/1989-J. R. Grellman 7/1995-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:774 ($690)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Grellman and Brown collection envelopes and the Brown lot ticket).