Lot 487
1837 N-11 R1 EF45+. Beaded Hair Cord. EF-45+. Frosty steel brown, the highpoints a few shades darker than the protected areas. The fields and protected areas are covered with satiny mint luster but there are very tiny specks of darker olive toning sprinkled about the reverse. A tiny nick right of the nostril and a tiny nick just right of the reverse center dot are the best identifying marks, and they are barely visible. Close to AU50. MDS. The fields are covered with die flowlines and the repunching left of the 1 in the date is clear. The short dash right of the base of the 1 is dull and barely visible. There is a cud-like mark on the rim over star 7 caused by a small fold in the metal, and this planchet anomaly was called a rim cud and a new die state by Jules Reiver, which it is not in spite of its highly deceptive appearance. The clear die clashmarks on both sides and the strong repunching left of the 1 in the date show this is a pre-lapping die state. Even the later die states do not have any trace of the suspected rim cud. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS61BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2951.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Harry Repman 6/22/71-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:20083.
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