Lot 470
1802 S-240 R3+. VF-25. Very slightly sharper but there is a pinprick in the field just right of the base of the Y in LIBERTY. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and show only a few trivial contact marks. Nice glossy chocolate and steel brown with traces of reddish chocolate toning in some of the protected areas. LDS, Breen state IV. The die clashmarks are clear and a strong nearly straight die crack reaches from the bust to the rim right of the Y. Excellent eye appeal for the grade. Called VF25 and tied for CC#7 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF25 net VF20 and tied for CC#10, his photo #26725. Removed from an NGC slab graded EF45 (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). NGC Population 1; The only example graded at NGC for the variety. DWH #2886.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex James F. Ruddy 5/12/70-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19545.
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