Lot 327
1798 S-177 R5- Style II Hair with Small 8. Fine-15 Plus. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Tiny nicks on both sides, none notable, plus a small, very light rim bruise left of the lower tip of the hair ribbon and a tiny rim nick at TY. M-LDS, Breen state IV. The vertical die crack up from the bust tip is strong and a fine die crack meanders from the rim under the bust through the date extending into the field just below the lowest curl. A decent example of this tough die variety, at the lower end of the condition census. DWH #2501.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex John M. Ward, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:399.
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