Lot 321
1798 S-174 R2- Style II Hair with Small 8. AU-55. Double Profile. The obverse is frosty light brown and tan mottled with darker steel brown tones while the reverse is a more uniform mix of those same tones with a thin streak of dark toning from planchet impurities under NT in CENT. Lustrous golden tan faded down from mint color covers the protected areas on both sides. The fields and protected areas are covered with frosty mint luster. Only a few very light contact marks, including a dull, light rim nick left of the hair ribbon and a thin diagonal nick in the field before the neck. MDS, Breen state IV. A short radial die crack extends into the field from the dentils left of the lowest curl and a double set of clashmarks show on the reverse. The reverse rotated 15 degrees CW. A thin double profile shows from the forelock down to the bottom of the neck except for the area along the edge of the nose. At or near the top of the condition census for this variety, CC#2 based on a photo comparison of the top examples. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS62RB (NGC label included). DWH #2786.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 1/3/01:27-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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