Lot 740
1853 N-26 R2. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Very attractive lustrous chocolate and bluish steel with traces of faded mint color showing on both sides, mostly on the reverse. Sharply struck and nearly flawless offering outstanding eye appeal. The notable marks are a speck of dark toning on the neck near the lower curl and a tiny pinscratch between the end of the wreath ribbon and the adjacent U in UNITED. EDS, die state a. The fine die lines of the earliest state are clear. Our grade is MS63, tied for CC#4 overall but finest of the early state in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/04:1123 (via Don Valenziano)-Phyllis Thompson.
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