Lot 223
1826 N-6 R2 VF25. Triple Profile Lips and Nose Tip. Double Profile Forehead and Jaw. VF-25. Lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth, mark-free surfaces except for a light nick on the left edge of the O in ONE. M-LDS with a strong rim cud break from star 6 to star 8 plus a crack along the dentil roots right of star 8 that outlines where this rim cud is about to extend to star 9. The earlier die cracks are faint but remain visible, and the reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. There are narrow but clear double profiles on the forehead and jaw and triple outlines on the lips and nose tip. Removed from an NCS slab graded AU details improperly cleaned (NCS label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2918.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Stack’s 5/68:311-George Ramont 8/9/77-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19871.
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