Pre-Long Beach Auction #84

1848 N-13 R4 AU50. Sharpness near mint state but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty dark steel and olive brown with traces of lighter reddish steel brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. The only mark is a tiny patch of microscopic roughness between the date and star 1. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The die lines at the dentil tips from star 5 to star 7 are sharp and the rim cud at the top of the reverse has not formed. Tied for CC#12 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Ex Doug Durasoff.