Lot 555
1795 S-74 R4-. VF-30. Lettered Edge. Attractive glossy medium brown. Smooth and attractive with only a few minor defects. These include a collection of small planchet chips near the dentils left of the bottom of the cap and a few light rim bruises on both sides, the strongest of these off the bust tip and at the end of the wreath ribbon left of the fraction. The edge over the D in UNITED is slightly beveled thanks to an incomplete planchet at that spot. E-MDS, Breen state II, before a bulge forms at the 7 in the date. Called EF40 net VF35 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo #36847.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
Ex Bowers & Merena 1/90:1079-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/01:278.
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| Realized $4,888 |
