Lot 278
1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper with extremely fine roughness covering the fields and protected areas, strongest in the field before the mouth. A shallow pitmark at the dentils over the I in UNITED is a good identifying mark. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with lighter chocolate brown toning on the highpoints. Double struck with a small offset of less than a half millimeter to K-9. The doubling shows on both sides, strongest on the reverse where the offset is clearly greater than it is on the obverse. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.11.10.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 10/17/1989.
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