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1851 N-24 R3- MS60.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
1851 N-24 R3- MS60.
1851 N-24 R3- MS60. Glossy light to medium brown with 5% of the original mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. No spots and just a couple trivial marks, including a tiny planchet flake left of the peak of the first 1 and a very small rim nick at O in OF. LDS, die state c, Newcomb's old #32. The die lines from the inner and main curls are gone, just a few faint points from the inner curl remaining. The die lines from the throat are dull and very faint. A light but clear die crack passes through the upper half of star 8, strongest into the field from its upper left point. CC#4 overall but finest of the late (old N-32) die state. Note: Quoted from Grellman in his 2001 edition, page 264: "Newcomb confused his varieties #24, 27, & 32, both in his book and in his collection. The cracks through star 8 of today’s N-24 were described by him for N-27, and the repunching over the left base of the first 1 (for today’s N-27) was described by Newcomb for his #32. Delisting his #32 was an arbitrary decision made long ago, but one of his numbers had to go." DWH #2167.
Estimated Value $300-UP.

Provenance: Ex Central Florida Coin Club show bourse 9/93-J. R. Grellman 10/93-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:970.