PCGS authenticated and graded MS 64 RB. Lustrous light olive and bluish steel with underlying mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse. The only notable marks are a small puff of darker toning at the dentils right of star 12, a speck of carbon on the left top of the U in UNITED, and two tiny specks of dark toning on the rim at the bottom of the reverse. E-MDS, die state b. There is a small lump on the left side of the upright of the T in LIBERTY and the vertical line inside the N in ONE is clear. Nicely struck with excellent eye appeal. Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. CAC certified. 

Ex; Doug Bird 5/1995 - R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1174 ($748) - Martin Paul (The Rarities Group), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:1035 - Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection 

Year - 1853

Variety - N-12

Rarity - 1+