Doubled profile. An exceptional example with brilliant ivory lustre and a splash of very dark steel and golden toning on the obverse. Very sharply struck with full obverse and reverse borders. An extremely important early die state example. Very wide double profile from chin to nose with nearly a full 1 mm. separation. Both obverse and reverse have clash marks but no die cracks. From our sale of the Brilliant Collection, January 1992, Lot 164. |