CD 149 No Embossing – Unlisted Blue Sold

By Chris Cotnoir; posted September 7, 2015

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Here is a CD 149 EIN [010] [No embossing] CD with a sharp teat at the top of the pinhole and what look like Pennycuick style threads. Damage consists of five slivers/flakes around the sharp upper wire ridge, and one small chip off the lower ridge at the mold line. There is also an open base bubble and associated flake next to a thin slice in an underpoured area of the continuous drip. There are several nibbles at the sharp base edge as well. All of this sounds way worse than it looks. And does it look! The Price Guide lists the following colors for the CD version: Dark Aqua, Light Blue Aqua, and Yellow Olive Green. This ain't any of those. The SB version comes in Blue Aqua, Teal Blue, and Sapphire Blue. This ain't any of those, either. In hand, it looks almost Hemingray blue, or perhaps Brooke's blue. And to add even more character to this already smokin' piece, there's a splotch of amber right in the front crown on the better side. Balancing the minor damage against the gorgeous color and unique character of this piece, you can't go wrong for $50 plus postage.

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