Lot 245
1847 N-35 R3+ MS63. Lustrous bluish steel brown with 30% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. No spots or contact marks, but there are some tiny flakes out of the planchet at the dentils right of star 11, as struck. The hair over the ear is not quite fully struck, as usual on this variety. The remainder of the design is sharp. E-MDS, die state b early. Lightly cracked through the tops of UNITED and ST but there is no crack through the bottom of the date. CC#2 in the Grellman census behind a slightly finer example. DWH #2078.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Dr. Bob Shalowitz 4/92-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:178-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:464.
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| Realized $1,208 |
