1849 N-5 R4- MS60. Frosty bluish steel brown with 5-10% of the mint red remaining. The fields are covered with attractive satiny mint luster. There is a light nick in the field before the chin, another at the junction of the neck and bust, and a tick on the bottom edge of the chin.
MDS, die state d early, with a strong lump on the rim under the stem. The rims are beveled, as usual for this die state (see the unique beveled edge blank planchet following the second N-8 in this sale for a discussion of this feature). Tied for CC#3 with only 4 mint state examples listed in the Grellman census. DWH #2122.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex Thomas L. Elder-unknown-Stack's 3/11/98:95-Chris McCawley-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:693.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
