Lot 514
1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair, Small 8 F12. Sharpness VF20 but the face and upper half of the neck have been smoothed to remove a couple contact marks. No corrosion or verdigris, and the only significant marks are a light rim bruise above the bust and another tiny one at the I in UNITED. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. MDS, Breen state IV, with numerous fine die cracks on the reverse. The vertical die cracks behind the portrait are obvious and the branch crack through the top of the L is clear.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Joe Rose, Harmer Rooke Numismatists Ltd., 3/15/1990:96 (lot ticket included)-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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