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1853 N-5 R2- MS60.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:99.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
1853 N-5 R2- MS60.
1853 N-5 R2- MS60. The obverse is glossy steel brown and chocolate while the reverse is lustrous bluish steel brown with faded mint red in protected areas. There is a dull, barely visible rim nick under star 2 and a short, faint diagonal hairline scratch under NT in CENT. The dentils at star 6 are a bit weak but everything else is sharply struck. MDS, die state c. The dies were freshly lapped leaving fine vertical die lines in the fields. The earlier die lines at the inner curl are gone but the die crack at M has not formed. Great eye appeal for the grade. Tied for CC#11. DWH #2336.
Estimated Value $200-UP.

Provenance: Ex Tom Reynolds 5/8/92-Bob Lomprey-Chris McCawley 8/98-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1148-Chris McCawley 12/03.