Lot 318
1798 S-173 R3- Style II Hair with Small 8. VF-30. Rotated Reverse. Sharpness EF40 with traces of very fine roughness in protected areas of the reverse and hints of similar roughness near the dentils at LIBE and to the left. There is no verdigris and the roughness is not visible to the unaided eye. The only contact marks are some tiny nicks on the cheek and in the field before the chin. Glossy steel brown and reddish chocolate with a spot of darker olive toning at the eye and another just right of the shoulder. MDS, Breen state VI, where the cud break at RTY touches both tops of the Y. The reverse is rotated 50 degrees CCW. Called VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#14, photo #26643. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU53BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2871.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont 4/26/96-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19412.
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