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1808 S-278 R3 NGC graded VF25

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1808 S-278 R3 NGC graded VF25
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650.00USD+ buyer's premium (130.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 May 18 @ 21:38UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate. Smooth with minor contact marks including a tiny nick on the 1 in the date. The strike is uneven, weak on the left and strong on the right. May have been caused by dies out of proper axial alignment (die faces not parallel) or a tapered planchet. Regardless of the cause stars 1-5 are weak or non-existent as is most of UNITED STATES. EDS, Breen state I, with no trace of die flowlines and sharp dentils (where they were properly struck). Our grade is F12. The attribution and Mervis Collection provenance are noted on the NGC label. 2038623-028 Ex Adam Mervis Collection, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2847 (includes the Mervis collection envelope and lot ticket)