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1848 N-17 R1+ Repunched 4 MS62.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
1848 N-17 R1+ Repunched 4 MS62.
1848 N-17 R1+ Repunched 4 MS62. Lustrous light steel brown and tan with traces of faded mint red on the obverse, at least 10% of the red remaining on the reverse. Free of any spots and the only identifying marks are a tiny tick on the nose before the eyeball and a light vertical nick n the field right of the inner curl. A small, shallow low spot shows in the field at the tip of the nose, as struck. E-MDS, die state b early. Repunching on the 4 is sharp but repunching no longer shows on the other 3 digits. Tied for CC#7 in the Grellman census. DWH #2093.
Estimated Value $300-UP.

Provenance: Ex Doug Bird 5/87-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/19/95:443-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:557.