2c Brown (113). Mint N.H., Rich color and detailed impression, unusually choice centering

EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF 90 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE TO A MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE.

With 2009 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; unpriced as Mint N.H. in SMQ, SMQ $1,600.00 as hinged). The much more common 3c (which is priced in SMQ in Mint N.H. condition) carries a premium of 250% in 90 grade for Mint N.H. versus hinged. This is the highest grade awarded to date and the only example to achieve this grade.

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