Lot 68
1817 N-17 R4 VF30. VF-30. Sharpness EF45, perhaps even better on the reverse, but the obverse is covered with extremely fine roughness and there are traces of microscopic roughness on the reverse as well. No verdigris or significant marks, and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the imperfect surfaces. The best identifying marks are a tiny planchet flake in the field off the lips, a thin one near the dentils left of star 5, and a larger one in the field at the top of the inner hairbun. Slightly glossy olive and dark steel brown with traces of lighter steel brown toning in protected areas of the obverse. Sharply struck EDS, but not quite the earliest state. The always-present fine die cracks through the tops of UNITED and STATE are present and are joined by another crack connecting the bases of D-ST, but the bisecting die crack from the first A in AMERICA to the U in UNITED has not formed. Called EF45 net VF25 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo #26674. Removed from an NCS slab graded AU details corroded (NCS label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2897.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont 8/9/77-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19734.
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