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1853 N-6 R1 MS60.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:99.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
1853 N-6 R1 MS60.
1853 N-6 R1 MS60. Lustrous golden tan and light olive brown, probably dipped long ago but quite attractive today. A speck of darker toning in the field off the chin and another on the berry under AM are the notable marks. Nicely struck MDS, die state b early. The die lines from the dentils at star 2 are gone and the fields are covered with radial die flowlines. DWH #2337.
Estimated Value $200-UP.

Provenance: Ex Henry C. Hines-Willard C. Blaisdell 4/73-Del Bland-Alan Meghrig-Doug Bird-Lou Rasera 8/11/94-Del Bland 8/94-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1151. Also possibly ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 769. Comes with the Dr. French collection pillbox, but the coin may not be the original inhabitant of the box.