Lot 516
1838 N-4 R2 EF45. EF-45. Glossy medium brown with frosty luster in protected areas and a few clouds of darker steel toning on the obverse, the largest of these in the field between star 2 and the chin. No significant contact marks. M-LDS with a strong rim cud break at star 12 extending nearly down to star 13, another weaker one in the dentils under the 18, and a thin internal cud break passing along the crack that slants through the shoulder and lowest curl. The cud in the dentils below the 18 has a clear die crack extending into the dentils under the 3 outlining where the cud is about to expand. A slightly later die state than found on the preceding example. DWH #1670.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Quality Sales (Kreisberg/Cohen) 3/20/72:102-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:858-Doug Bird 8/11/89.
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| Realized $345 |
