Lot 477
1840 N-5 R1. MS-62. Large Date. Lustrous light olive and bluish steel brown with traces of mint color on the obverse and 5% of the original red remaining on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the planchet and this cent would be choice if not for a faint swipe of reddish brown toning in the field before the nose. M-LDS, die state c. The recutting at the left top of the 0 in the date is faint and there are thin rim cud beaks at stars 1, 6, and 7. Tied for CC#8.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex George Phillips at the 1997 ANA Convention-Phyllis Thompson.
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