Lot 43
1817 N-7 R3+. Mouse Top. EF-45. Five points sharper with some small, very shallow pitmarks or planchet voids in the field off the chin. Glossy bluish steel and chocolate brown with some darker chocolate and olive toning in the aforementioned roughened area in the field off the chin and a splash of lighter chocolate toning left of star 7. Otherwise the surfaces are very nice, free of any notable defects and covered with attractive frosty flowline luster. Terminal die state with strong cud breaks at the rim from star 12 to star 13. The "Mouse" break on top of the head is strong and the fine obverse die cracks of the earlier state are slightly stronger. DWH #2507.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Ronnie Adam, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:684. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS61BN (NGC label included and it shows the attribution and Ronnie Adam provenance).
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