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1851 N-5 R2+ MS63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1851 N-5 R2+ MS63
SOLD
460.00USD+ (69.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Jun 24 @ 21:56UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Lustrous steel brown with fading mint red covering a third of the planchet. A very attractive cent. The only defect is a faint fingerprint below star 3. MDS, die state a. The obverse is uncracked and the fields are satiny from microscopic die flowlines. The lower half of the neck is covered with a shallow low spot from debris on the die. Tied for CC#5 in the Grellman census.
Ex Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 2/1/1988-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:889-Chris McCawley-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/14/2003:964-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:430 (includes the Shalowitz, Brown, and Holmes collection envelopes and all 3 lot tickets)