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1802 S-238 R4 PCGS XF Detail, Environmental Damage

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1802 S-238 R4 PCGS XF Detail, Environmental Damage
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2,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (400.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 May 18 @ 20:59UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Recolored glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Smooth with just a few marks including a thin nick on the chin, another under the 8, a rim bruise opposite the mouth, and a few dull scratches over CENT. MDS, Breen state III, with die cracks on the reverse. This is the Breen plate in for the variety in his big blue encyclopedia. Graded VF30 and tied for finest in the Bland census. Noyes says net VF25 but still in the condition census, his photo #23238. Our grade is EF40 sharpness net VF25. Comes with a nice provenance. 1470.97/48226517 Ex New England Rare Coin Galleries-Denis W. Loring 3/18/1974-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior2/18/2002:1272-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:514-W. M. "Jack" Wadlington 6/2005-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley, 2007 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/28/2007:299-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Lee and Ellsworth collection envelopes and all 3 lot tickets)