Lot 293
1829 N-9 R4 F15. Small Letters Reverse. Fine-15. Choice glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and some lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and show only a few minor contact marks, including a small pinprick in the field before the forehead and a tiny pinscratch between stars 3 & 4. Nicely struck EDS. The obverse die is uncracked and the 3 A’s in the reverse legend show no crumbling inside their tops. Removed from an NGC slab graded EF40 (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2925. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Del Bland 8/15/69-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19918.
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Realized $576 |