Lot 199
1798 S-159 R3 Small 8, Style I Hair. PCGS graded VF-30. Mostly glossy steel brown and light chocolate with traces of frosty tan and golden brown in protected areas. Both sides display some small splashes of reddish brown toning. The surfaces are nice but there is a trace of fine granularity from the base of the Y to the forehead. No verdigris, only light contact marks consistent with the grade. E-MDS, Breen state II. The vertical die cracks in the field behind the portrait are clear and the tops of LI are joined by an extension one of those cracks. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Our grade is VF30 sharpness net VF20. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Denis W. Loring-2000 EAC Sale, lot 197 (lot ticket included).
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