Lot 150
1796 NC-1 R6 Draped Bust. VG-8. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth except for a small patch of microscopic porosity in the field off the chin. There is a light rim bruise under the lowest curl and a fine hairline scratch from the forehead down to the chin, plus a dull scuff mark on the rim over the E in STATES. The date and legends are clear, although the bottoms of all 4 digits of the date are flowing into the rim below. LDS, Breen state II, showing a fine die crack through the bases of TY into the field at right. Called F12 net VG8 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #29520. Bland says VG8 and tied for CC#4. Removed from an NGC slab graded VG10 (NGC label included). DWH #2555.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex James F. Ruddy circa 1971-Charles A. Blood-Lillian Willins (via Bill Noyes 1/92)-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3105 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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