Lot 150
1846 N-14 R2 Tall Date Repunched 1 MS60+. Frosty light steel brown with at least a third of the original mint red remaining. Would rate a slightly higher grade but there is some very shallow carbon at 18 and in the dentils below the wreath ribbon. EDS, die state a. The repunching over the base of the 1 is sharp and the reverse is uncracked. CC#2 with only 5 known in mint state. DWH #2053.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Manuel Ahumada 3/97-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:298.
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