^Lot 69 1844 N-5 R1 MS63

1844 N-5 R1 MS63. The obverse is frosty mint red fading to light steel brown with more than a third of the red remaining. The reverse is lustrous light steel brown with hints of underlying very faded mint color showing through in a few places. The only defect is a spot of dark olive toning in the field under the hair bun. M-LDS, die state c, with fine die cracks on the reverse. The repunching on the first 4 remains clear. Tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.

Provenance: Ex Stack's Auction '89, 7/8/89:1547-Dr. Bob Shalowitz 3/91-J. R. Grellman 6/99-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:181, The Northwest Collection.