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1853 N-26 R2 MS63.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:190.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 USD
1853 N-26 R2 MS63.
1853 N-26 R2 MS63. Highly lustrous bluish steel brown with choice, satiny surfaces and 5-10% of the mint red remaining. The only marks are a thin planchet fissure or crease on the outer edge of the rim at star 1, as struck, a tiny nick in the hair right of the earlobe, and a speck of darker steel toning under star 11. MDS, die state b, with some weakness of strike at the stars, shoulder, and tip of the coronet. The early die lines over ERI are gone but the two points down from the main curl over the inner curl are clear. Tied for CC#4. DWH #2526.
Estimated Value $400-UP.

Provenance: Ex Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:1124.