Lot 2407
1851/81 N-3 R1. NGC graded MS-63 Red & Brown. Repunched Date 51 over Inverted 18, the so-called 51 over 81 variety. Lustrous mint red fading to chocolate and steel brown, about half the mint color remaining. This cent would rate an even higher grade if not for a splash of dark toning over the ER in LIBERTY and smaller splashes of similar toning under the left foot of the first 1 in the date and in the field around star 4. Otherwise the only marks are a trail of microscopic ticks in the field over star 1. M-LDS, die state b late. The repunching of the inverted 8 behind the 5 is faint, nearly gone, but evidence of the inverted 1 under the second 1 remains clear. Our grade is net MS62. The N-3 attribution and 51 over inverted 18 feature are noted on the NGC label.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
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