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1856 N-9 R3+ Upright 5 MS64.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
1856 N-9 R3+ Upright 5 MS64.
1856 N-9 R3+ Upright 5 MS64. Lustrous light steel brown with at least a third of the mint red remaining. The rim at stars 5-7 is a bit uneven, as struck. The notable marks are a tiny rim tick over the first T in STATES and a tiny nick on the bottom of the O in ONE. Covered with attractive satiny mint luster. MDS, die state b, Newcomb's state III. Only a few of the stronger die lapping lines remain visible and the reverse die cracks are strong, especially the one down through the stem to the dentils below. Finest known in the Grellman census. DWH #2350.
Estimated Value $500-UP.

Provenance: Ex Jim McGuigan-Julian Leidman 8/18/95-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1477-Tom Reynolds-Chris McCawley 12/03.