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1851 N-29 R2 Repunched first 1 MS63.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:190.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 USD
1851 N-29 R2 Repunched first 1 MS63.
1851 N-29 R2 Repunched first 1 MS63. Attractive lustrous bluish steel brown with 5-10% of the mint red remaining. The fields are satiny and nearly flawless. There is a very tiny tick on the tip of the chin and a tick at the dentils over star 9. Sharp EDS, die state a, with a sharp horizontal line under the base of the first 1 (repunched 1). Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. Comes with an outstanding provenance and a small collection pillbox lettered in Newcomb's distinctive handwriting. DWH #2330.
Estimated Value $400-UP.

Provenance: Ex Henry C. Hines-Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:689-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:985-Chris McCawley 12/03.