1842 N-3 R3 Large Date MS60. Glossy medium brown and steel with 5% of the red remaining, mostly on the reverse. There are a half dozen tiny spots of darker olive toning on the obverse, strongest in the field before the chin, and a couple small nicks under the N in ONE.
E-MDS, die state b. The fine die lines under UNI are gone. The obverse fields are satiny while the fields on the reverse are smooth and slightly reflective thanks to a fresh die polishing. Excellent eye appeal for the grade. (Note: The N-3 die variety was once delisted because it was thought to be a late state of N-8. Subsequent research has proven that the N-3 is indeed a distinct die variety from a marriage of the N-3 obverse die in a later die state and the N-4 reverse die in a later die state. Newcomb had it right all along.) Tied for CC#9 in the Grellman census. DWH #2017.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Tony Terranova, Superior 6/1/98:476-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:85.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
