Lot 886
1856 N-1 R1 Italic 5 VF30. Five points sharper with a few light contact marks on otherwise smooth, attractive surfaces. The notable marks are a small nick close under the chin, a shallow scratch between the E & D in UNITED, and another in the dentils over S-O. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate delicately woodgrained with some darker chocolate brown toning on the obverse. Rare LDS, die state g, with a series of 5 rim cud breaks over D, STATES. The cud over the D is weak while the other 4 are clearly defined.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex John Ashby-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/2000:2363-Tom Knopp, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 1/2004:1614-Doug Bird-Doug Durasoff.
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| Realized $76 |
