1840 N-8 R1 Large Date EF45+. Sharpness AU50 but there are a few too many microscopic contact marks on the reverse for the sharpness grade, mostly around AMERICA. A small, dull nick on the tip of the nose provides the best identifying mark, but it takes a glass to see. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints.
LDS, die state d, with a series of rim cud breaks from star 8 to star 13. The rim cuds from star 9 down to beyond star 11 are strong.
Removed from an NGC slab graded MS62BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2962.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex George Ramont 5/11/78-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20150.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
