173 BA

Comments

Folkard states:

State 1, east side weak at top and base, e side of NE square thick.

State 2, east side stronger, east network slightly thinned, value compressed, the B is thinner and the east side of NE square slightly thicker.

Based on the imprimatur, two state 1s and a state 2.

I have scans of two examples which broadly agrees with Folkard's comments, though the E network looks to be a little more open. It could be that it has seen some wear. The compression of the value and the slightly thicker NE would indicate that the re-entry is not quite coincident.

It would be nice to have some more examples of this position.

Imprimatur

Large image

AP

Sept 2015