Lot 521
1850 N-14 R4 VF30. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely recolored glossy chocolate brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on the obverse. Smooth and attractive. The best identifying mark is a very tiny planchet chip in the field off the tip of the coronet. Very rare LDS, die state h, with a series of 5 rim cud breaks on the reverse at STATES and F-A. Tied for CC#5 of only 8 known in the Grellman census. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label #308002-011 included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance).
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex George Ramont 8/3/1972-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/2006:20436-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:406-Eric Fix (Holmes lot ticket included along with the collection envelopes of Reiver and Holmes).
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| Realized $306 |
