Lot 679
1803 C-4 R4 VF35. Ten points sharper but the reverse is slightly dull from uniform extremely faint granularity. No marks or verdigris. Dark steel with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The obverse is glossy, the reverse frosty. The reverse has been retoned and is upset (oriented head-to-head rather than the usual head-to-foot relative to the obverse). Decent eye appeal in spite of the retoned reverse. This piece is near the lower end of the condition census for the variety, and it was 6th finest in the Half Cent Happening competition at the 2007 EAC Convention. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU50 (PCGS label included).
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/3/2002:2290.
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