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1856 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
1856 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown.
1856 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS66 Brown. Italic 5. Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown faded down from mint color with underlying very faded red showing in the fields and protected areas on both sides. About 20% of the planchet shows traces of the faded mint red. The surfaces are nearly flawless, and the only marks are a few microscopic specks of darker toning and a tick on the rim at star 4. The notable specks are over star 2, right of star 7, and above star 9. Sharply struck EDS, the earliest seen, die state b, with a faint radial die crack from the dentils over star 8 into the field just left of that star. (An example without this die crack, die state a, is unknown and highly doubtful.) The fields are hard and slightly reflective, and they are covered with fine die polishing lines. Called MS64 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31426. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#1 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Las Vegas Coin Convention 2/70-Del Bland 2/7/73.

Our item number 145132