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LOT 470 1853 N-31 R4+ NGC graded XF45. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with reddish chocolate in protected areas. Attractive with light wear and trivial marks. A tiny nick before the brow lock is the best identifying mark, and it is barely visible. MDS, die state b. The die lines at RI are weak but visible. Our grade is VF35. 3671377-045  THIRD FINEST 1853 N-32

LOT 471 1853 N-32 R5- PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous light steel brown. Satiny and choice if not for a few small spots: one at the left side of the 5 and a half dozen tiny ones on the reverse, the largest of these on the left side of the O in ONE. Each spot contains a trace of very fine carbon. Very sharply struck EDS, die state a. All the fine die lines are clear. Our grade is MS60, CC#3 for the variety in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 406056.64/46299184

Ex Great Collections 6/2022:1171712-Allen G. Ross (includes the Ross collection envelope and lot ticket)

 EARLY STATE 1853 N-32

LOT 472 1853 N-32 R5- ANACS graded AU50. Frosty olive brown and chocolate. Sharp with light wear and trivial marks, but there is some dirt and specks of verdigris in protected areas. The best identifying mark is a barely visible tick hidden in the dentils over the right side of the second S in STATES. Scarce EDS, die state a. All the die lines are sharp. Our grade is EF40. The attribution is noted on the ANACS label. 7330832

Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/29/2012:564-Robert E. Matthews-Matthews Estate, Goldbergs 2/19/2020:918 (lot of 3)

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