Lot 436
1835 N-13 R4 F15+. Fine-15+. Glossy chocolate brown with steel brown highpoints and traces of frosty luster in protected areas. A light rim bruise at star 12 and a light rim nick at TE in STATES are the only notable marks. Very rare terminal die state with a retained cud break at star 5. The lower end of this cud above star 4 is slightly raised while the upper end left of star 6 is slightly depressed relative to the field outside the cud. This is the finest known example of this very rare terminal die state, clearly superior to the Noyes plate coin for the die state. Called VF20 net F15 in the Noyes census, his photo #28140. DWH #1893.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. MBS 12/74:55-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:795-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/3/91:497-March Wells, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/7/2000:1997.
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| Realized $546 |
