Lot 615
1808 S-277 R2. AU-55. Turban Head. 12-Star Obverse. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas thanks to very fine die flowlines on both sides. Virtually perfect, free of any corrosion, marks, or verdigris. Only a touch of very light friction on the highest points of the design from mint state. The only marks are a small spot of slightly lighter steel brown toning under the left end of the line under CENT and another smaller one on the berry under the T in UNITED. Late die state, Breen state VIII. Star 1 is very weak due to die failure on the reverse, and star 2 is quite weak as well (the so-called 12-star obverse die state). In addition, there is a small internal cud break inside the D in UNITED and a thin but clear rim cud break over that N. A very attractive example, at the lower end of the condition census for the variety.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
Ex Jack Beymer 1/81-Louis Ullian, Superior 6/5/2000:248.
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