Lot 18
1840 N-12 R1 Small Date MS60. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with lustrous lighter reddish steel toning faded down from mint color in protected areas of the reverse. There is a small chip out of the planchet on the rim just left of the date, as struck, and a tiny reddish brown stain at the top of the second A in AMERICA. MDS, die state b. The dies have been freshly lapped removing all traces of the lump under the 1 and the reverse die lines at NITE and ER (Newcomb's #13). A rather large but shallow low spot shows in the field between stars 11 & 12 and the main curl (caused by debris on the die). Tied for CC#4. DWH #2011.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex 1987 EAC Sale, lot 625-Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/30/94:195-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:46.
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| Realized $719 |
