Lot 145
1820 N-14 R5- EF40. Large Date. EF-40. Five points sharper but there is a light rim bruise at the U in UNITED and a tiny rim nick under star 1. Otherwise the surfaces are virtually free of marks and the eye appeal is excellent. Attractive dark steel and chocolate brown with a hint of reddish chocolate toning at the 18 in the date and satiny mint luster covering the protected areas. MDS. Both sides are covered with fine radial die flowlines, as always for this variety, which is the product of a brief marriage of worn-out dies. Called EF40 and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF35 and tied for CC#4, his photo #25234. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included). DWH #2591.
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex George Patterson-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:542-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3456 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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