1840 N-8 R1 Large Date MS60. Frosty medium brown and chocolate with hints of very faded mint red in protected areas of the reverse. There is a long, thin diagonal nick in the field before the eye and a shallow carbon spot in the dentils over star 5.
E-MDS, die state b. The short point down from the throat is still clear but the fine die lines from the dentils at stars 11-13 are gone.
Removed from an NGC slab graded MS64BN (NGC label included). DWH #2008.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley 8/95-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:29.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
