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1854 N-16 R2+ Repunched 1 MS60.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:99.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
1854 N-16 R2+ Repunched 1 MS60.
1854 N-16 R2+ Repunched 1 MS60. Lustrous light steel brown with hints of bluish steel overtone on the reverse. The fields are satiny and very attractive. Would rate a slightly higher grade but there are some tiny pinpricks on the forehead and a faint horizontal hairline from star 3 to the lips. A small planchet flake hangs down from the earlobe and a spot of dark olive toning rests on the right side of the ear. Sharp EDS, die state a. The die lines are crisp and the repunching over the left base of the 1 is clear. Tied for CC#4 overall but tied for finest known of the scarce early die state. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS64BN (NGC label included). DWH #2231.
Estimated Value $200-UP.

Provenance: Ex Dave Stark 11/90-J. R. Grellman-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1323-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/24/03:499.