Lot 514
1803 S-259 R4 Large Fraction. Good-6. Noyes Plate Coin. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with darker olive brown in protected areas. There is a light rim bruise at the Y in LIBERTY and the fields are covered with extremely fine roughness. No verdigris and the overall eye appeal for the grade is decent. Extremely rare terminal die state, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break that joins the tops of TAT to the rim above. This is the Noyes plate coin for the die state, photo #25498, and is the finest of only 2 of the terminal die state examples listed in his census. DWH #2477.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Del Bland 5/76-John D. Wright 1/04.
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