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1798 S-173 R3 Small 8, Style II Hair VF20

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1798 S-173 R3 Small 8, Style II Hair VF20
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This item SOLD at 2023 Jan 21 @ 08:45UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1798 S-173 R3 Small 8, Style II Hair VF20

Ten points sharper but there on some contact marks on otherwise smooth surfaces. The notable marks are some nicks on the portrait plus one in the field off the chin, a rim dent at the second S in STATES, and a rim nick at the F in OF. Glossy light to medium chocolate brown and steel with traces of frost in protected areas on the reverse. Late die state, Breen state IX, but there is no cud break at the L in LIBERTY (an intermediate die state not known to Breen). The narrow rim cud over CA is present and the cud over ERTY is strong. The reverse is rotated 60 degrees CCW. An important intermediate die state that contradicts the normally accepted sequence outlined by Breen. (Breen's error is listing the narrow cud over CA last. This break actually occurs earlier in his state V, but it often does not show due to wear or centering.)