Lot 157
1846 N-16 R5 Tall Date EF45. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with bluish steel overtones in protected areas. The only mark is a dull, very light rim nick off the end of the wreath ribbon. Stars 6 & 9 are weakly struck. LDS, die state c late, with a strong rim cud break from above star 10 down to star 11 plus a clear die crack on the rim outlining where the lower portion of another rim cud is forming up from the first. Tied for CC#5 overall and tied for CC#3 of state c. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS62BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2976.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Del Bland-Julian Leidman 7/14/72-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20252.
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