Lot 332
1831 N-2 R2+ EF40. Small Letters Reverse. EF-40. Attractive glossy chocolate and medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and covered with attractive flowline luster. The only mark is a faint hairline scratch under star 9. LDS with a series of rim cud breaks from star 6 to star 11, and the one at star 11 extends into the field nearly reaching the outer point of that star. The reverse is now rotated 15 degrees CCW. Comes with an impressive provenance for a relatively modest cent. DWH #0747.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl FPL 1929, lot 502-Dr. Charles W. Green, B. Max Mehl 4/26/49:2402-Dr. Kenneth Sartoris-Del Bland 5/20/72-C. Douglas Smith 5/9/76-Jerry A. Bobbe 5/11/76-Myles Z. Gerson 12/79-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:694-Bob Matthews, Superior 5/28/89:714.
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| Realized $575 |
