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1854 N-4 R3 Repunched 4 PCGS graded MS65 Brown

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1854 N-4 R3 Repunched 4 PCGS graded MS65 Brown
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER), HIGH BID WAS
550.00USD+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2022 Jun 04 @ 18:00UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Sale to be held at:
Sheraton Arlington
1500 Convention Center Dr.
Arlington, TX
Beautiful frosty light to medium chocolate and steel brown with traces of mellowed mint red showing on both sides. The surfaces are lustrous and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. A small nick on the tip of the nose and a spot of slightly lighter steel toning on the left point of star 9 are the notable marks, and they are trivial. Struck from the earliest state of the dies, die state a early. Fine diagonal die polishing lines cover the fields on both sides and evidence of the delicate repunching on the 4 is sharp. In addition portions of a badly misplaced 4 show in the curls over the left side of the 5 where the upright and a trace of the serif of the crossbar can be found. Our grade is MS63, tied for finest known honors with one other example in the Grellman census but this cent has a higher PCGS grade. A beautiful cent that comes with a great provenance. The attribution and Naftzger provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1, none finer in BN.Ex Henry C. Hines-Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/1984:1926 (via Tony Terranova)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1926-Fred Iskra Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/2016:336-John Davis Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and all three lot tickets)Certificate # 406069.65/18900560