Lot 456
1802 S-234 R3 The "Dripping Paint" variety. VF-35. Breen Plate Coin. Five points sharper but there are some fine diagonal hairline scratches on the face, the only notable one reaching from the field right of the Y to the cheek just below the eye to the curl at the neck. Glossy medium steel brown with frosty lighter golden brown toning covering the protected areas. LDS, Breen state VI, with the "dripping paint" cud breaks over IBERT reaching well into the upper half of the ERT. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Called EF45 net VF35 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, tied for CC#9 in Bland and tied for CC#8 in Noyes, his photo #23105. In addition, this is the finest known example of the terminal die state in which the obverse cud covers the entire left pendant of the T in LIBERTY (the only finer example of Breen state VI is in the ANS Museum, and the cud on that piece does not cover the left pendant of the T). DWH #2552.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex General Miles Stanley Newton-1970 ANA Sale (Rare Coin Company of America), lot #68-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman-Chris McCawley 1/5/05.
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| Realized $6,900 |
