Lot 365
1800/179 S-195 R5 Overdate 1800 over 179 with Style II Hair. VG-8. A couple points sharper but the surfaces, although glossy, are a bit uneven. The notable marks are a shallow pitmark on the knot of the hair ribbon and some fine roughness at the top of the second S in STATES. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel and olive toning in protected areas. The date and legends are clear, although the tops of ATES are weak. Extremely rare LDS, Breen state V, with a strong two-tiered cud break obliterating TY and extending to the rim opposite the tip of the nose. The higher tier right of the Y is a full cud (broken away) while the lower tier is a retained cud. Only a very few are known with the cud break, and the cud is fully raised on this example, which is not the case with the other three examples known to this cataloger. Perhaps it would be more accurate to consider this example a unique die state since it is distinctly different from the other three. Called VG10 net G6 and CC#1 of the late die state in the Noyes census, photo #22107. Plated in the Breen book to illustrate the die state, which Breen said was unique. DWH #3069.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex David Proskey-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Ray Chatham 8/77-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06.
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