Lot 573
1798 S-180 R5+ Style II Hair, Small 8 F12. Sharpness EF40 but covered with very fine roughness, strongest on the obverse. No verdigris and only a couple minor marks, including a rim nick at the bust tip and a tiny scratch near the rim left of the hair ribbon. Slightly glossy medium chocolate brown and steel mottled with small splashes of reddish chocolate. Rare EDS, Breen state I, before any rim cuds on the reverse. Called net F15 and tied for CC#5 by Bland. Doug Smith and Denis Loring also said net F15 according to Ralls. Noyes says VF20 net VG7, his photo #24395.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Dr. George P. Hetrick, Bowers & Ruddy 1/28/1982:319 (lot ticket included)-Del Bland-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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