Lot 103
1794 S-65 R1. VF-20. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy medium brown with a couple peeps of very faded red remaining in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth, free of corrosion or verdigris, but there are some light contact marks. The notable ones are a small nick high on the cheekbone, a group of tiny nicks on the upper half of the M in AMERICA, and a tiny rim nick at the I in UNITED. E-MDS, Breen state II. There are faint die clashmarks behind the portrait and a fine die crack from the dentils down to the second S in STATES. Struck slightly off center to K-1. DWH #2709.
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley 5/96-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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