Lot 399
1850 N-11 R3+ MS60+. Frosty light brown with smooth, satiny surfaces and traces of mint red on the obverse, 10% on the reverse. Would rate a slightly higher grade except for a stain of darker steel toning at stars 3-4 to the face and two tiny specks of carbon at the throat. EDS, die state a, with two small points down from the left base of N in ONE. Finest known of the business strikes of the variety. DWH #2535.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley 7/89-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:806-Chris McCawley 1/2/05.
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