Lot 399
1800 S-210 R5+. VG-10. Sharpness F15 or a bit better but covered with tiny nicks, the strongest concentration on the left sides. The best identifying marks are a dull, light rim nick over the left side of T in LIBERTY and another on the rim opposite the chin. Glossy dark chocolate and steel brown with some frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Extremely rare terminal die state, Breen state VIII, with a strong cud break over AME plus a tiny rim cud over IC. Graded F12 choice and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, photo #21583. Bland says net VG8 and tied for CC#12. This piece is the second finest of the terminal die state in both census lists. DWH #0232.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Robert Burggraff 5/64:6-Dr. Nat D. Wilson-1967 ANA Sale, Paramount, lot 240-Dr. Hiram T. Ward 8/78-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 12/11/86-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:185-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 120.
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