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1856 N-6 R1 Upright 5 MS64.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:299.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 USD
1856 N-6 R1 Upright 5 MS64.
1856 N-6 R1 Upright 5 MS64. Mint red fading to light steel brown, nearly 90% of the red remaining, mostly on the reverse. A gem cent except for a few small carbon spots on both sides, including one in the field right of star 3, another close over star 12, and one inside the top of the E in CENT. E-MDS, die state a late. A couple of the fine die lines at S-OF-AM are still visible but the others, including the one at the stem tip, are gone. The fields are satiny, covered with microscopic die flowlines. Tied for CC#9 in the Grellman census. DWH #2254.
Estimated Value $600-UP.

Provenance: Ex Bowers & Ruddy 4/6/78:905-Doug Bird 9/90-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1463-Chris McCawley, 2003 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/26/03:769.