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1851 N-30 R2 MS62+.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD
1851 N-30 R2 MS62+.
1851 N-30 R2 MS62+. Mint red fading to steel brown, about half the mint color remaining. Choice except for some microscopic specks of very fine carbon in the obverse fields, strongest around star 10. The best identifying mark is a small spot of slightly darker toning close over star 2. M-LDS, die state b late. The point from the throat is gone and the points from the top of ENT are weak. CC#4 in the Grellman census. This cent is plated on the back right page of the second edition (1987) of the Grellman book on the late date cent series. (See the second 1845 N-4 in this sale for the story.) DWH #1841.
Estimated Value $300-UP.

Provenance: Ex Doug Bird 7/30/85-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:358.