1857 N-3 R5- Small Date Proof-Only. PCGS graded Proof 63 Brown. Bluish steel brown with faded mint red covering about a third of the surfaces. The fields display moderately deep mirrors under a very delicately mottled mix of the bluish steel and faded red tones. Defects include a very faint struck-through lint line in the field under star 3, a speck of carbon at the dentils right of star 12, and a tiny one on the bust above the 1. Called Proof-63 by Del Bland and Denis Loring and tied for CC#3 honors in the Loring list.
Our grade is Proof-63, tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
PCGS population 1; 1 in Proof-64 Brown. Only 2 Brown Proofs graded at PCGS for the date. DWH #1874
(PCGS # 400610) .
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Superior 6/77:1210-Bowers & Merena 1978 ANA Sale, lot 153-Robert L. Hughes 4/79:49-Robert L. Hughes FPL 7/79-Bowers & Merena 3/95:2311-Tony Terranova-McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/17/96:574-R. S. Brown, Jr. 4/17/99.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
