1849 N-11 R1 Repunched 1 MS60. Frosty bluish steel brown. The only defects are a tiny planchet void at the dentil roots under star 1, as struck, and a short hairline scratch on the rim under the ribbon tip. The fields are satiny and covered with microscopic die flowlines. Scarce
LDS, die state c, with a strong rim cud break from under the ribbon tip to the right side of the adjacent U. Tied for second finest of about two dozen known with this cud break. DWH #2686.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:718-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/05:1854.
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents