1854 N-23 R2 MS60+. Frosty bluish steel brown with traces of original mint red remaining on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and quite attractive. Would rate a higher grade if not for a short vertical hairline scratch in the field left of star 11. The only other marks are a tiny planchet flake high on the neck, as struck, and a small spot of darker steel toning at the dentils over star 8.
LDS, die state b. The die line up from star 11 and the ones over the N in UNITED are gone. CC#8.
Removed from an NGC slab graded MS65BN (NGC label included). DWH #2532.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Ex Bowers and Merena 12/2/2004:244 (via Chris McCawley).
The Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents
