Description:

1846 N-12 R1 Tall Date VF25. Close to VF30 with a few light contact marks on the obverse, including a small nick on the chin and a faint hairline scratch in the field over the bust tip. Glossy light olive brown. Extremely rare LDS, die state f, with a clear rim cud break from star 2.5 to star 5. Tied for CC#4 of only 10 known showing this intermediate stage of the expanding obverse rim cud. This is the discovery coin for the die state. DWH #3331.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Steve Fischer 4/91-J. R. Grellman 7/95-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/7/2000:2194-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:292-Jim Roecker, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/11/07:819.

Categories: The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents