Lot 1266
1856 N-8 R4 Upright 56 MS65. Lustrous mint red mellowing to bluish steel brown, 80% of the red remaining. The only marks visible without a good glass are a small spot of darker toning at the tip of the coronet and a speck near the dentils under the wreath. Sharply struck and very attractive. E-MDS, die state b, with a faint die crack at ME. CC#3 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 1/24/90:1241-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:502-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1472.
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