^Lot 92 1857 N-1 R1 Large Date MS64

1857 N-1 R1 Large Date MS64. Lustrous bluish steel and light olive with nearly 10% of the mint color showing, mostly on the obverse. Very attractive, nearly flawless, offering excellent luster and eye appeal. The only marks are a tiny tick on the rim at star 2 and a shallow planchet void in the dentils under the right edge of the 7 (as struck). M-LDS, die state b. The fine die lines from the dentils to the tops of UN are gone.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Jerry A. Bobbe 6/79-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 8/2002, The Northwest Collection.