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1851 N-45 R4+ MS60.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
1851 N-45 R4+ MS60.
1851 N-45 R4+ MS60. Lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red in protected areas. There are a few very faint hairlines in the obverse fields and a small spot of darker reddish brown toning on the tip of the chin, but these defects are trivial and the eye appeal is excellent. The reverse is choice except for a faint planchet lamination on the rim at NIT, as struck. LDS, die state b. The obverse die cracks are clear, including the final one from under star 4 through the coronet to star 8. Tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census, and only 4 mint state pieces are known. DWH #1133.
Estimated Value $500-UP.

Provenance: Ex Julian Leidman collection, American Auction Association 11/10/72:892-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:1262.