Lot 447
1802 S-230 R1. VF-20 Plus. Clipped Planchet. Sharpness VF30 but lightly cleaned, now retoned glossy dark olive and steel brown. There is an arc of lightly impressed dentils in the field left of the portrait, most likely post-striking, plus a small spot of raised verdigris near the dentils well above the bust tip. E-MDS, Breen state V. A fine die crack meanders through ST in STATES to the rim over the left side of the O in OF. A curved planchet clip (as struck) just touches the tops of ER in LIBERTY and nearly reaches the base of the 1 in the denominator. DWH #2440.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 1/92-John D. Wright, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/04:194.
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