Lot 160
1796 NC-3 R6+ Draped Bust. VG-10. Breen Plate Coin. Glossy medium brown and chocolate. No roughness or verdigris and only minor contact marks. The notable ones are a thin diagonal nick low on the neck and a very tiny rim nick over the right top of the first T in STATES. The date and legends are clear. LDS, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break joining the tops of TE in STATES to the rim above. Plated in the Breen book to illustrate the die state. Called VG10 net VG8 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, photo #28646. Bland says VG8 and CC#5. However, this piece is the finest known example with the cud break at TE, and may be unique as no others have been confirmed. DWH #3047.
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Herb Silberman (who discovered the die state in 1969)-Chuck Furjanic 5/78-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06.
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| Realized $8,338 |
