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1854 N-19 R3 PCGS graded MS63 Brown

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1854 N-19 R3 PCGS graded MS63 Brown
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Lustrous bluish steel brown with 10% of the mint color showing on the obverse and 35% of the red remaining on the reverse. Had to be very close to receiving an "RB" grade from PCGS. A choice example if not for a couple minor contact marks including a thin vertical nick above star 2, a tiny nick close under the chin, and a small spot of dark toning at the dentils right of star 9. A pair of shallow low spots or planchet flakes are located just above the bisecting crack left of star 8, as struck. MDS, die state b. The bisecting obverse die crack is clear and the reverse is rotated 105 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Our grade is MS62, tied for CC#2 overall for the variety but finest by a wide margin among the very few known with a rotated reverse in the Grellman census. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label.
Ex Robert Batchelder 3/1967-Jules Reiver-Reiver Estate, Heritage Auctions1/24/2006:20594-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:607 (includes the Reiver and Holmes collection envelopes and both lot tickets)