Lot 260
1828 N-5 R2 EF40+. Finest Terminal Die State. EF-40+. Choice glossy medium brown with frosty golden light brown toning remaining in the protected areas. The only marks are two small pinpricks in the field off the chin and a tiny rim nick at the U in UNITED. Rare terminal die state with a strong cud break joining TED to the rim above. Near the lower end of the condition census for the variety but finest known of the terminal die state by a wide margin, the next best grading only VG10 or so. Called EF40 in the Noyes census, his photo #26739. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2923.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont 8/9/77-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19894.
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