Lot 323
1796 S-83 R4 Liberty Cap. Fine-15. Ten points sharper with extremely fine roughness covering the fields and protected areas while the devices are smooth. The most noticeable roughness is an area of microscopic pitting just left of the date. No verdigris. The only marks are small planchet chip or void (as struck) on the edge over the E in STATES and a small diagonal nick on the neck. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown, and the gloss helps offset the microscopic roughness. M-LDS, Breen state II late, with a strong die crack through the tops of ERTY to the dentils at both ends.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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| Realized $2,358 |
