Pre-Long Beach Auction #84

1802 S-237 R2 EF45. Glossy medium chocolate brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel in the fields and protected areas. The fields are smooth and slightly reflective and this cent offers outstanding eye appeal. A light diagonal scratch left of the eye visible only under magnification and a very light rim bruise over the M in AMERICA are the only notable marks. Sharply struck E-MDS, Breen state III, with a fine die crack arcing from the dentils through the N in UNITED and the wreath to the ribbon bow and another from the dentils through the M to the leaf below. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-3 while the reverse is nearly centered on the planchet.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.