Lot Number 71

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1814 E/A - O.108a R.1 PCGS XF 40 CAC
A Red Book staple with too much luster for the assigned grade. The bodacious obverse glows with sunset colors; the reverse is similar, a touch more modest because of (the usual) weakness at the eagle’s head and left wing. XF and AU examples of the “R.1” E over A are devilishly hard to find. I see but one or two a year. An old friend from MB 41, August 2015, lot 30 – reappearing in Heritage’s Feb. 2020 Long Beach Sale, lot 7319 as O.108, bringing $1,200. Estimate: $1,100 to $1,400