1853 N-18 R1 AU58.

Pricing & History
1853 N-18 R1 AU58. Glossy medium brown with frosty lighter brown in protected areas and darker olive brown toning on the highpoints. This is a sharp, attractive cent, but it is coated with a thin layer of lacquer or something similar. The only marks are a few small nicks on the cheek and a small spot of darker toning in the dentils over the A in STATES. EDS, die state a. The fields are smooth and slightly reflective and sharp die lines extend from the portrait and many of the dentils on the reverse. The two dashes under the 8 are bold, and these may be remnants of a badly misplaced 1. Called AU50 and tied for CC#27 in the Noyes census, his photo #55060. Our grade is AU58, CC#18 overall but second finest of the early state in the Grellman census. DWH #3591.