Lot 388
1834 N-2 R1 VF20. Small 8. Dramatic Double Profile. VF-20. Five points sharper with hints of microscopic roughness in the fields, strongest around star 10, and a couple fine hairline scratches over NT in CENT. Slightly glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with lighter brown highpoints. E-MDS. Both dies are cracked, as always, and a fine die crack now reaches from the leaf below to the left foot of the first A in AMERICA. Sharp spikes extend the dentils under the date. There is a bold double profile from the top of the forehead down to the chin caused by die bounce. DWH #0829.
Estimated Value $75-UP.
Ex John D. Wright 7/4/87.
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