Lot 680
1804 C-1 R3 EF40. Ten points sharper but there is a strong rim nick off the bust tip plus a pinprick on the throat and a couple more in the field above the bust. Otherwise there are just a few trivial ticks here and there on otherwise flawless surfaces. Frosty chocolate brown with traces of satiny luster in protected areas, mostly on the reverse. MDS, Manley state 2.0 early. The die crack at the top of the reverse is clear but ES in STATES has not started to rise. An attractive and important half cent in spite of the obverse marks. Plated in the Breen half cent encyclopedia to illustrate his die state IV.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Martin Levy-Del Bland 12/24/74-Bill Weber, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/3/2002:2293.
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