A couple points sharper with very fine roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, only small contact marks including some small rim nicks at S-OF-A and others at the bottom of the reverse. A tiny planchet clip above ER in LIBERTY affects only the dentils. Slightly glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices. E-MDS, Breen state II, with a couple fine die cracks on the obverse. The date and legends are clear.
Ex Flambeau Stamp & Coin 1966 FPL, lot 81-Philip Van Cleave, Kagin’s 1/30/1986:5160-the Kermit Smyth Collection
