Deep olive and steel brown blends on the obverse, with contrasting traces of faded red in the recesses. The reverse is similar, but with a bit more red and traces of soft violet. Both sides show nice luster and eye appeal. A few mostly very superficial marks are noted under magnification, but none is serious in the least.Struck from a late state corresponding to Grellmans State-b, the dies are worn, with flowlines in the fields that have weakened the dentil tips in places and diminished the die lines behind the portrait that are visible in the early state.Though PCGS has graded several Petite Head, Small Letters type coins at this level and above, the type includes several different die varieties. The records for coins specifically identified as N-15 are very different, with just a single example graded finer. This example ranks within the Condition Census, traditionally defined as the top six finest coins, and is quite pleasing in every respect.
