Lot 93
1845 N-3 R4 MS60. Glossy bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red in protected areas. The fields are smooth and attractive, although the obverse is covered with a very thin layer of lacquer for protection. The notable defects are a small patch of darker olive crud in the field at the main curl and another at the leaf tip under the second A in AMERICA. Otherwise this cent is choice. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The reverse die is uncracked. CC#3 in the Grellman census, which shows only 3 mint state examples. DWH #0952.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Ex Toivo Johnson 12/57-Admiral Worthington S. Bitler 4/61-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 3/18/73 (via Del Bland)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:992.
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