Lot 2326
1849 N-16 R5. AU-50 Plus. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse. No defects, only a few microscopic contact marks of no consequence. Very close to AU50. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state a. Tied for CC#4.
Estimated Value $700 - 900.
Ex Philip Van Cleave, Kagin's 1/30/86:4386-Del Bland-Bob Vail, 1997 EAC Sale, lot 371-A. Prescott-2001 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 3/31/2001:501.
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| Realized $891 |
