Lot 419
1817 N-2 R3. AU-50. Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a small, dull punchmark under star 13, a trip of tiny rim nicks under the 17, and a couple faint contact marks over star 1. Otherwise the surfaces are satiny and quite attractive with ample mint luster showing on both sides. Possibly dipped long ago but the toning is an attractive lustrous steel brown and chocolate with lighter steel brown in protected areas. MDS with a die crack through the first S in STATES but no additional die cracks on either side. The strike is a bit uneven, strong at the top of the obverse and bottom of the reverse while weaker at the bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse (thanks to non-parallel die faces). Near the lower end of the condition census.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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| Realized $834 |
