1/2 Cent (售价 $1450.0)

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1853 C-1 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Choice lustrous mellowed mint red fading to bluish steel and olive on the highpoints with half the red remaining. Great cartwheel luster mixed with ample mint color combine to give this piece outstanding eye appeal. Would rate consideration for "gem" status except for faint traces of an old fingerprint on the lower half of the reverse. The best identifying mark is a light, shiny nick confined to the body of star 1. Breen and Cohen both noted that 1853 half cents are extremely rare with considerable original mint red remaining. Nicely struck E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. The dull bar down through the first T in STATES is clear and the fields are covered with microscopic radial die flowlines (which create the cartwheel luster). Our grade is consistent with the slab grade (old green PCGS label #1228.64/6503582). Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Doug Bird (who acquired a small hoard of 7 mostly red examples from an old western dealer in September 1993)-Jim McGuigan (who purchased the entire group of 7 and held on to this piece for his personal collection)-Stack's 3/2/2010:490. Categories: The Whister Collection

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