Lot 462
1802 S-237 R3. EF-45. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with some frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas of the obverse, possibly from an old cleaning. Smooth surfaces and excellent eye appeal with only a few trivial marks, including a small pinprick just right of the top of the T in CENT. M-LDS, Breen state VI, with a new die crack down from the rim through the right side of the second S in STATES to the leaves below. Called EF45 net EF40 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, photo #56660. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included). NGC Population 1; The finest of 7 graded at NGC for the variety. DWH #2568.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Sidney Baron-Christie's, New York, 12/83:317-Del Bland-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:519-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3285 (the Rasmussen pedigree and attribution are noted on the NGC label).
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| Realized $3,565 |
