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1851 N-43 R6- MS64.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD
1851 N-43 R6- MS64.
1851 N-43 R6- MS64. The obverse is slightly faded mint red mellowing to light steel brown, about 60% of the red remaining. The reverse is lustrous bluish steel brown with faded mint color covering 15% of the fields in protected areas. Only a few microscopic flaws, including a tiny planchet flake in the field right of the main curl and a very tiny tick on the rim at star 12. Sharp EDS, die state a, with short points down from the neck and fine die lines from the dentils under the date to below the adjacent stars. (Newcomb thought this variety was merely an early die state of N-9, but the obverse die is different.) All the fine die lines are crisp and the reverse fields are slightly reflective. A sharp, very attractive cent. Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. DWH #1925.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Paramount International 11/8/73:1175-Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:1265-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/01:1679.