Lot 543
1807 S-275 R2 Large Fraction. EF-40. Sharpness AU50 but there are some light hairline scratches on the obverse, all inconspicuous and requiring a glass to find, plus a collection of very tiny pinpricks in the field off the upper end of the hair ribbon and a very small rim bruise above the bust tip. The only notable hairline scratch is a tiny one crossing the 7 in the date. There is a tiny, very shallow pitmark or planchet flaw hidden in the hair at the back of the head plus several more around the fraction and U in UNITED. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty flowline luster covering the fields and protected areas. MDS, Breen state II, with a small cud break in the dentils left of the L in LIBERTY. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-4 which makes the dentil crumbling easily visible. Called AU50 net VF35 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, photo #20505. Bland says EF40 and tied for CC#5. DWH #2818.
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Ex Robert J. Kissner, Stack’s 6/27/75:392-Ken Pines-C. Douglas Smith-Denis Loring-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:404-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/17/96:282-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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| Realized $4,140 |
