Lot 72
1844 N-1 R1 MS60+. Glossy steel and chocolate brown with traces of very faded mint red in protected areas. Nearly choice except for a thin nick on the chin and a small splash of microscopic carbon in the field just below the inner hairbun. EDS but not quite the earliest, die state b. The fields are smooth and slightly reflective but there are several tiny rim cud breaks under the date. Sharply struck. The fine die polishing lines of the earliest state are still visible and the dies are uncracked. DWH #0930.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:974.
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