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1809 1/2 C C-5, B-5, R.1 XF40 Uncertified. Die State 3 1809[1/2 C] C-5, B-5, R.1. Die State 3--Rever

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1809 1/2 C C-5, B-5, R.1 XF40 Uncertified. Die State 3 1809[1/2 C] C-5, B-5, R.1. Die State 3--Rever
<B>1809<1/2 C> C-5, B-5, R.1. Die State 3--Reverse Corroded--NCS. Unc Details. XF40 EAC.</B></I> 9 over inverted 9; High leaf just beyond S, TES level. Possibly the latest die state seen with heavy flowlines causing peripheral details on both sides to blur. Even the die crack through the stars at left obverse is nothing more than a poorly defined ridge. Faint clash marks remain visible within the wreath on the reverse. This example has the reverse rotated slightly clockwise, perhaps 20 degrees. A lovely example with chestnut and light olive-brown color on both sides. The reverse has five or six small areas of localized deep red and green corrosion. Although we have suggested that this is one of the latest die states known, an example in the Roger Cohen Collection purported to be a later state with obverse rim breaks. Recent study of that piece has suggested that it is an early die state with some unknown type of defect.<BR><I>Ex: New Netherlands (1941); Harold Bareford; William Bareford (5/25/1984).</B></I> Envelope Included.