Description:

1851 N-8 R3- MS63. Frosty light bluish steel brown with 5% of the mint color remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. The only mark is a shallow scuff on the base of the U and the leaf below, and it takes a good glass to see it. Nicely struck MDS, die state a. The die lines over M are dull but visible. Tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census. DWH #2154.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Stack's (privately)-Denis Loring 1/10/91-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:328-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:904.

Categories: The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents