Lot 361
1853 C-1 R1 AU55. End-of-Strip Planchet Clip. Very attractive frosty steel brown with chocolate toning on the high points. Just a hint of friction on the highest points from mint state. A straight-edge planchet clip (from the end of the planchet strip) severely weakens stars 5 & 6 and the tops of UN in UNITED. The planchet is clearly beveled in this area. In addition, the dentils across from the clip are weakly struck, the Blakesly effect that we usually see opposite a planchet clip. A beautiful example of this type of mint error. E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #53.1.7.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 4/27/91.
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