Lot 489
1803 S-248 R4+ Mumps Obverse. VF-30. Ten points sharper but there is a struck-through line (caused by a piece of wire stuck on the die) on the D in UNITED and another arcing through the ribbon loop under CE in CENT. Both defects are as struck, but they are distracting nonetheless. Otherwise the only defects are a few tiny ticks on the cheek and some microscopic roughness at IC in AMERICA. The obverse is a very attractive glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown in protected areas and darker steel brown highpoints. The reverse is glossy reddish brown and chocolate with dark steel brown highpoints. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before the die crack through the top of MERI. The "Mumps" break at the throat is clear. Called EF40 net VF30 and tied for CC#7 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF20 and tied for CC#15, photo #23995. DWH #3268. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Hollinbeck Coin Co. 1/1952:910-C. Douglas Smith-Jack Beymer 12/82-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/91:272-unknown-Chris McCawley-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/11/07:348.
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Realized $3,105 |