Lot 640
1813 S-293 R2. AU-50. Turban Head. Highly lustrous chocolate brown delicately mottled with olive and medium brown tones. A faint swipe of reddish chocolate toning shows at the top of star 11. The fields and protected areas are covered with satiny mint frost and the planchet quality is outstanding. There is a tiny pinprick in the field close before the browlock, a faint diagonal nick between the bases of the N & E in ONE, and a pair of faint diagonal hairline scratches under the fold of the wreath ribbon. Excellent eye appeal. Nicely struck MDS, Breen state IV. Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS62BN (PCGS label included).
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:138-Robert Schick, Heritage 2002 FUN Sale, lot 5359 (incorrect photo shown in that catalog)-Dr. Wallace Lee, Superior 5/25/03:568.
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| Realized $7,763 |
