Lot 845
1798 S-170 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8 NGC graded AU55 Brown. Frosty olive and chocolate with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. There are some faint wisps of dark steel toning in the obverse fields. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few trivial marks, including a tiny planchet lamination between the tops of the R & I in AMERICA. LDS, Breen state IV. A die crack arcs through the field behind the portrait. Our grade is EF45+, close to AU50. Near the top of the condition census for this die variety, only one example confirmed better. Pop 21; 19 finer at NGC for the date.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
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