Lot 641
1849 N-2 R2. MS-60. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with overtones of bluish steel, especially on the upper half of the obverse. About 10% of the mint red remains visible, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The notable marks are a tiny planchet flake at the dentils under the 4, a few more in the dentils over stars 5-7, and a tiny nick in the dentils over the left top of the E in STATES. M-LDS, die state q, with extensive die crumbling on the reverse. Tied for CC#7 overall but finest of the die state in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Jim Grossman 5/96-Tony Terranova, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/21/98:1756-Phyllis Thompson.
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| Realized $805 |
