Lot 595
1854 N-10 R2+ MS63. Lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red in protected areas of the obverse, 15% remaining on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive. The notable marks are a very faint horizontal hairline in the field right of star 2, a speck of darker toning in the field between star 4 and the nose tip, and a pair of very tiny diagonal nicks in the field under star 10. LDS, die state e. All the obverse and reverse die cracks are clear, and the die line at the T in UNITED is gone. Tied for CC#6 overall but tied for CC#2 of the late die state. DWH #2282.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Del Bland 4/20/78-Myles Z. Gerson 7/80-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 3/10/04.
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