Lot 370
1849 N-20 R1 MS63. Frosty bluish steel brown with nearly a third of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. The only notable defect is a small spot of carbon on the berry under T in UNITED. Rare terminal die state (TDS), die state c, with a thin rim cud break under star 13 reaching nearly to the right side of the adjacent 9. The die lines at UNITE and MERIC are gone and the fields are flowlined. Tied for CC#2 overall but finest of those known with the rim cud. DWH #2407.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Manuel Ahumada, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/6/96:561-Stuart MacDonald, Heritage 9/11/97:5346-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:742-Chris McCawley 3/04.
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| Realized $1,093 |
