Lot 249
1847 N-38 R1 MS63. Frosty light steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 20% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is a shallow planchet flake at the left top of the first A in AMERICA, as struck, and a splash of darker steel toning at the ribbon end. No contact marks or carbon spots. Sharp EDS, die state a. The dies are unclashed and the fine die lines at the inner curl are clear. Tied for CC#5 overall but finest of the early state in the Grellman census. DWH #2081.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 6/9/88-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:182-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:474.
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| Realized $805 |
