Lot 49
1817 N-17 R4 VF25. VF-25. Sharpness near EF40 but there are several small patches of shallow reddish corrosion at stars 9-12 and MERIC. Otherwise the surfaces are perfectly smooth and display only a few light contact marks. Glossy chocolate brown with mint frost in protected areas on both sides. E-MDS with the bisecting reverse die crack clear and the die crack from the right pendant of the first T in STATES reaching down to the middle of the O in ONE, but the right top of that T has not started to rise toward the rim. Called VF30 and tied for CC#13 in the Bland census. Noyes says net VF20, his photo #35551. Our grade is net VF25.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-Del Bland 9/76.
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