1848 N-2 R1+ Repunched 18 MS63. Choice lustrous light steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 10% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. The only marks, and they are quite trivial, are a tiny nick in the dentils over the first A in AMERICA and a speck of darker reddish chocolate toning inside the bottom of E in CENT. Great satiny luster and eye appeal.
LDS, die state d, with die cracks on the reverse. The repunching on the 18 remains clear.
Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS63BN (old green PCGS label included). Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. DWH #2086.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Henry T. Hettger, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1/98:582-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:497.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
