Pre-Long Beach Auction #84

1847 N-7 R2+ EF40. Sharper by at least 5 points but lightly burnished and retoned glossy steel brown and light chocolate with slightly lighter toning on the highpoints of the obverse. Just a few light contact marks, including a short, light diagonal scratch in the field before the chin and a very light rim nick at star 3. Rare M-LDS, die state b, with a strong rim cud at star 1. CC#4 of those known with the single rim cud in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley-Doug Durasoff.