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1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 MS63.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:190.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 USD
1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 MS63.
1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 MS63. Glossy bluish steel brown with 25% of the slightly faded mint red remaining. The only defect is a small spot of darker steel and olive toning in the field left of star 8. M-LDS, die state e, with a die crack through TATES to the dentils over OF. Tied for CC#3 behind two slightly finer examples in the Grellman census. This cent is plated on the back-right page in the second (1987) edition of the Grellman book on late date cents (see the second 1845 N-4 in this sale for the story). DWH #1845.
Estimated Value $400-UP.

Provenance: Ex Tom Reynolds 11/7/87-Wes Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/98:496.