Lot 316
1794 S-58 R3 F15. Sharpness VF30 but covered with fine roughness under slightly glossy olive brown and steel toning. No verdigris. The best identifying mark is a tiny planchet chip out of the rim over the right edge of the E in STATES. Rare LDS, Breen state IV. The retained cud break at UNIT is significantly raised above the plain of the rest of the die, highest on the right end at IT, less so at UN. We have never seen an example that definitively showed a full cud break where the section of die outlined by the crack was missing. This is the sharpest example we have seen with the cud raised so prominently. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Chris McCawley, 2010 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/24/2010:152-Chris McCawley 4/2010-Chuck Heck Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/12/2017:310 (includes the Heck collection envelope and both lot tickets).
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| Realized $1,645 |
