1852 1C Newcomb 23, BN MS(PCGS#147287)

1852 1C Newcomb 23, BN MS (PCGS#147287)

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

详细说明: Lot 339 1852 N-23 R5+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved.Choice lustrous bluish steel and light olive with traces of faded mint red on the obverse and 20% of the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is outstanding. Just a few trivial marks including two very tiny ticks under star 3 and a small spot of dark toning at the right top of the M in AMERICA. Extremely Rare LDS, die state c, with a strong rim cud at the bottom of the reverse and a very faint die crack on the rim that outlines where a final cud is forming over AM (this crack is visible from over the right side of the A to over the center of the left upright of the M so only the right half of the cud is outlined by this crack). Our grade is MS63,tied for finest known honors for the variety but finest of the die state 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 65+. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex John Higgins (Falmouth Stamp & Coin) 3/25/1995-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection.