Lot 528
1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8 VF20. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with specks of lighter brown toning on the obverse. No roughness or verdigris, only light contact marks. The notable ones are a couple faint hairline scratches from the forehead through the hair to the lowest curl and a very light rim bruise at the F in OF. LDS (not the latest state), Breen VI, with a sunken retained cud break under the 17 and lowest curl. Called VF20 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF25 net F15 and tied for CC#6, his photo #24323. Comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Abe Kosoff 8/4/1958-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973:478-Denis Loring-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-William R. T. Smith-Myles Z. Gerson-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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| Realized $1,410 |
