Choice 1817 N-4 reverse brockage
438 1817 N-4 R3+ AU50. Reverse Brockage. Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty golden tan faded down from mint color in some protected areas. Virtually flawless with outstanding eye appeal. MDS. A fine die crack passes through the tops of ATES. The die state indicates this brockage was struck late in the N-4 marriage, before the N-14 or N-5 obverses were mated with this die. A fantastic example of this type of mint error, and it comes with an important provenance. DWH #0394. Estimated Value ................................. $2,000-UP Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 5/74-Del Bland 1974-Jerry Bobbe 9/78-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 184. 50