Lot 223
1798 S-185 R2 Small 8, Style II Hair PCGS graded VF30. Glossy mix of chocolate, steel brown, reddish chocolate, and olive brown. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth with traces of microscopic crud in protected areas. Just a few small contact marks, the notable ones being a vertical nick in the field before the mouth and a dull nick under the second S in STATES. M-LDS, Breen state VI, with two strong die cracks on the obverse. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CCW. Our grade is VF20+ sharpness net F15+. The attribution and Morley-Reed provenance are shown on the PCGS label (although Morley is misspelled).
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Tom Morley-Walter Reed.
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