Lot 884
1854 N-11 R2. NGC graded MS-66 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown, about two-thirds of the mellowed mint color remaining on both sides. The surfaces are frosty and offer outstanding eye appeal. Looks flawless to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals a light vertical nick on the lower left loop of the 8 and a faint struck-through line (caused by a tiny piece of thread or wire on the die) on the front edge of the coronet. M-LDS, die state b late. The fields are covered with fine radial die flowlines. Our grade is MS65, CC#1 in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. Population 1; none finer at NGC. The only example graded by NGC for the variety.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Heritage 3/2010:176-Kenneth Goodman.
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