Deep faded red remains over about half of the obverse field while the remaining surface area has mellowed to light steel brown. The reverse retains only vestigial traces of the original color, now faded to violet undertones, while most of the surface is dominated by light steel brown and traces of pale blue. One small nick on the cheek and a couple of tiny specks of deeper patina are noted, but few other flaws are seen. Both sides are lustrous and nicely struck, with strong definition on devices and a fine satin texture in the fields.Recutting is seen on 44, with the artifacts of the earlier placement strongest on the first 4. This later die state, Grellmans State-c, shows reverse cracks prominent through UNITED ST, along with an extremely fine one through ME that is only visible on a high grade coin like this one.The PCGS Population data for the date includes four specimens graded finer, but none of them is identified by die variety.
