Lot 266
1828 N-8 R3+ VF35. VF-35. Ten points sharper but recolored glossy light olive brown and chocolate with traces of very faded red in a few protected areas. Sharp and free of marks. Nice eye appeal in spite of the retoning. MDS with a clear die crack through the tops of TED extending strongly from the left top of that T to the dentils over the adjacent I. The reverse is rotated 5 degrees CCW. DWH #0678.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/45:599-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/84:1657-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:653-Bob Matthews, Superior 5/28/89:678. Comes with the Newcomb collection pillbox inscribed in Newcomb's distinctive style.
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