Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

The Davy Collection of Half Cent Errors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 201		1805 C-1 R2- Stemless Wreath VG8+. Double Struck with Rotation/Off Center Brockage Maker. Choice glossy chocolate brown. Great eye appeal for the grade, nearly flawless. Close to VG10. Double struck in the collar with a small offset between impressions, perhaps 1-2 millimeters near the borders thanks to a slight rotation between strikes. The doubling is clear along the upper edge of the bust and neck and along the back of the head. There is no doubling on the reverse. Instead, that side was pressed into a new blank planchet that was positioned about 20% off center, thereby creating an off center reverse brockage. A depression from this planchet arcs under ICA, and that shows us that it was off center. The relative abundance of this variety displaying a similar mint error may indicate a temporary quality control problem at the mint. Perhaps a new worker was concerned for his fingers or they were working late to meet a production goal. We can only guess. Davy #05.1.7. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Jim Corrado 3/12/82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 202		1805 C-1 R2- Stemless Wreath VG8. Tab Double Strike. Sharpness near F12 but the rim was gently tapped to smooth out a tab created by a second strike that was 95% off center. The tab was effectively smoothed out but the rim across the planchet was gently flattened in the process leaving what looks like a rim cud in that area. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with darker steel and olive toning in protected areas. There are traces of fine roughness on both sides, strongest around the date and fraction. The tab strike left an arc of dentils on the obverse but the opposing area on the reverse was struck against a new blank planchet creating an indent in that area. Obviously this half cent didn't get out of the way fast enough. Davy #05.1.17. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 4/16/99. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 203		1805 C-1 R2- Stemless Wreath VG7. Off Center. Sharpness VG10 or slightly better but covered with tiny contact marks. No corrosion or verdigris, and the toning is an attractive glossy light chocolate brown. Struck 10% off center to K-12 leaving the upper part of LIBERTY and lower part of the denominator off the planchet. Based on the error populations we can observe in the Davy Collection, a single strike off center is a much rarer type of mint error than a double strike for half cents. Davy #05.1.8. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Fred Weinberg (Numismatics Limited) 8/18/82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,565
Lot 204		1805 C-3 R4 Small Date with Stems F12. Double Struck. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and very attractive. A small mark on the upper edge of the bust and a linear planchet void inside the left part of the wreath are the notable marks. Double struck. The first strike was 80% off center leaving a bold arc of dentils in the field behind the portrait. The reverse has no positive evidence of the first strike, but the linear depression inside the wreath is nearly opposite the arc of dentils and it may be a result of the off center impression. The second strike was normal and centered on the planchet. An attractive example of this scarce die variety, and the off center strike is obvious. LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #05.3.6. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Jonathan Kern 1/25/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,013
Lot 205		1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 F15+. Double Struck Off Center. Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown. Just a few trivial marks from flawless, close to VF20. There is an arc of dentils 55% off center through the head, ear, and throat fading out in the field before the neck. These dentils appear to be from an off center brockage, and there is no evidence of corresponding dentils or undertype on the reverse. LDS, Manley state 2.0, with a die crack through the bust tip. Davy #05.4.9. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 10/9/91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 206		1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 VF30. Tab Double Strike against a Blank Planchet. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with traces of slightly lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The sharpness is very close to VF35 but there are a few too many tiny contact marks than you like to see on the higher grade. This piece was struck normally but failed to eject completely and subsequently was struck against a new blank planchet that just nipped the edge off the bust tip. A neat and obviously very rare type of mint error. LDS, Manley state 2.0. The die crack through the bust tip is clear. Davy #05.4.8. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 8/14/91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 207		1805 C-4 R2- Large 5 VF20. Clipped Planchet. Ten points sharper but there are some light contact marks, including a thin arc impressed through the head and a few light hairline scratches in the field before the portrait. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. There is a curved planchet clip opposite the neck and at the opposing area above the first A in AMERICA. In addition, the dentils across the planchet are weak and smeared, the so-called Blakesly effect that helps authenticate real mint clips. LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #05.4.7. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Jim McGuigan 1/19/86. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 208		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath EF45. Double Struck with Rotation/Reverse Brockage Maker. Frosty chocolate brown with lighter steel brown toning covering the protected areas. Traces of satiny mint luster remain on both sides. Great eye appeal, only a few trivial contact marks from flawless. Double struck with a 45 degree CCW rotation between impressions. There are two full dates, the main (strong) one and another weaker but complete date to the left ending at the lowest curl. LIBERTY reads LIBERTBERTY and a phantom image of Ms Liberty appears to be looking down her own cleavage. There is no doubling on the reverse, which is heavily swollen from being pressed into a new blank planchet creating a reverse brockage. A dramatic mint error in a beautiful grade. Davy #06.1.8. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Ron Guth 11/22/82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 209		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VG8. Double Struck with Rotation. Slightly sharper with a few dull contact marks on the rim, the most obvious of these over TE in UNITED. Rather glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. Double struck in the collar with a small rotation between impressions, about 5-10 degrees. The doubling is strongest the farther you look away from the centers thanks to the center pivot, but it is obvious everywhere. The date looks like 188006 with all the digits jammed together. The legends offer a similar challenge to a reader. A modest mint error with real character. Davy #06.1.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex J. J. Teaparty 3/24/82-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:1958. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 210		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VF30. Double Struck. Sharpness VF35 but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty light olive brown. No notable marks. Double struck on the reverse with a small offset between strikes, perhaps the width of a dentil. The doubling is clear over the entire reverse, but there is no trace of doubling on the obverse. Perhaps the obverse was struck against a new blank planchet during the second strike creating an obverse brockage, but this is only a guess since there is no swelling on that side. Davy #06.1.19. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 5/9/94. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $506
Lot 211		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VF30. Triple Struck. Sharpness EF40 but there are a couple faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a few more obvious marks in the field to the right. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas and a touch of darker olive toning at the bust tip. Triple struck on the reverse with a small offset between strikes, perhaps the width of a dentil. The triple outlines are clearest on HALF CENT but evidence of the three strikes shows over the entire reverse. There is no trace of more than a single impression on the obverse. Perhaps the obverse was struck against a new blank planchet during the additional strikes creating an obverse brockage, but this is only a guess since there is no swelling on that side. Davy #06.1.9. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Richard Gross (the "Baltimore Collection") via Ron Guth 3/20/83. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 212		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VG8. Tab Double Strike. Sharpness F15 but covered with uniform moderate granularity under a slightly glossy dark chocolate brown and olive patina. No verdigris, and the only marks are a couple small nicks on the reverse, one at the U in UNITED and another at the first S in STATES. Double struck. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet. The struck half cent failed to eject completely and was struck a second time 90% off center leaving "LIB" clearly visible behind the portrait. The reverse was struck against a new blank planchet rather than the reverse die during this second strike leaving a depressed arc at the opposing area at TED-S. A neat error in spite of the relatively low grade. Davy #06.1.11. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4151. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $357
Lot 213		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VG8. Reverse Brockage. Sharpness F12 or slightly better but covered with fine granularity, mostly in the protected areas. No verdigris, but there is a subtle depression (dent?) on the right side of the fraction on the incuse side with a corresponding bulge on the normal side. Slightly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with reddish chocolate toning in protected areas. The normal and incuse brockage impressions are both centered on the planchet but are slightly rotated relative to each other. This piece is plated on page 484 in the Breen encyclopedia illustrating the "(1805-6) Brockage of Stemless Reverse." Since this reverse was used to strike 4 different varieties (1804 C-12 and C-13, 1805 C-1, and 1806 C-1), assigning an attribution to this piece depends entirely on the die state. Roger Cohen, Frank Wilkinson, and Walter Breen (all genuine heavyweights in this hobby) determined this piece was struck during the 1806 C-1 marriage. I respectfully disagree. There is no trace of a rim cud at the second A in AMERICA, which limits this to the 1804 C-13 marriage. While the brockage error is what really counts here, assigning the correct attribution is important. Davy #06.1.7. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Fred Weinberg (Numismatics Limited) 6/10/74. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,038
Lot 214		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VG8. Reverse Brockage, Rotated and Slightly Off Center. Glossy olive brown with lighter chocolate and steel toning on the high points. No corrosion or verdigris, and the only mark is a thin vertical planchet fissure on the right side of the fraction on the normal side. This is a reverse brockage that was struck 5% off center to K-7. The incuse side is similarly off center in the same direction but is rotated about 30 degrees relative to the normal side. Although we are listing this brockage as coming from the 1806 C-1 marriage, it may have been struck during any of the other die marriages that employed the Stemless Wreath reverse (1804 C-12, 1804 C-13, and 1805 C-1). Davy #06.1.15. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Richard Picker collection (Mrs. Picker) via Stack's 2/15/89. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 215		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VF35. Broadstruck. Five points sharper but there are faint wisps of very fine roughness in the field before the portrait. Otherwise the surfaces are very nice, nearly flawless. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. The rims are wide and squared all the way around both sides giving this piece a distinctly different look characteristic of a broadstruck error. (The rims on Draped Bust half cents are almost always narrow and rounded.) EDS with clear die clashmarks on the obverse and the reverse rotated 15 degrees CCW. Davy #06.1.12. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Doug Bird 10/30/87. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 216		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath EF40. Clipped Planchet. Five points sharper but there is a small blob of verdigris or hard crud on the rim off the bust tip. The remainder of the planchet is smooth and attractive with only a few trivial contact marks. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty tan and light brown toning in protected areas. A small curved planchet clip is located left of the hair ribbon and above the D in UNITED. The dentils across the planchet are weak, the so-called Blakesly effect that is usually present opposite a genuine mint clip. The reverse is rotated 25 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Davy #06.1.13. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Carvin Goodridge 4/15/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 217		1806 C-2 R4 Small 6 with Stems VG10. Double Struck Off Center. At least 5 points sharper but there are small patches of raised verdigris on both sides, including one under the bust tip, another at ED in UNITED, and a broken swipe of similar crud from ST in STATES across to AM in AMERICA. The remainder of the planchet is smooth. Glossy chocolate and steel brown mixed with darker olive and steel toning. Double struck. There is a clear arc of dentils 50% off center on the reverse from the first S in STATES to the N in CENT, and these dentils appear to be from an incuse brockage impression. In addition, the entire reverse displays fine doubling, clearest on the tops of HALF CENT. There is no evidence of doubling on the obverse. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #06.2.7. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 4/21/95. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 218		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems VG8. Double Struck with Rotation/Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but there are light contact marks scattered over the obverse and some graffiti in the field before the portrait. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Dramatically double struck with two complete, strong dates. One of the strikes is centered on the planchet and the other is slightly off center and rotated 110 degrees. The rotation helped create a stunning visual effect on the obverse, but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse, which is centered on the planchet like its mated obverse impression. Instead, the reverse was a brockage maker imparting an incuse image of that side on a new planchet. This piece is plated on page 480 in Breen's encyclopedia to illustrate the "Two impressions about 114 degrees apart" error. In addition, the reverse is rotated 80 degrees CW relative to the centered obverse impression. A stunning mint error in spite of the marks. Davy #06.4.4. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex University of Wisconsin sale, Superior 10/77:138 (via Julian Leidman 10/3/77). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,335
Lot 219		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems EF40. Triple Struck over Off Center Brockage. Slightly sharper but there are some light contact marks. These include a horizontal scuff in the field off the chin and neck and a collection of thin nicks under AME. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty light golden brown and tan in protected areas. This piece was struck three times. One strike was a brockage impression about 65% off center leaving an arc of dentils on Ms Liberty's shoulder. There is a tiny depression on the reverse rim over NI in UNITED and another over the A in STATES. These depressions correspond to where the edge of another planchet directly opposing the arc of dentils on the obverse would contact the rim, but there is no trace of undertype on that side. The other two strikes were centered on the planchet and are separated by a tiny offset, about half the width of a dentil. This doubling is sharp and clear, however, and shows over both sides. The reverse is rotated 25 degrees CW on this example (this variety is known for numerous reverse rotations suggesting at least one of the dies was not properly secured in the press). Davy #06.4.15. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. From an unrecorded source 1993-1996. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 220		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems AG3. Off Center. Sharpness VG10 but covered with moderate roughness under a glossy reddish chocolate patina. There are traces of waxy greenish verdigris in the protected areas but no notable marks. Struck 20% off center to K-8.5. The bottom of the 18 is off the planchet but the 06 part is strong. Not an especially attractive piece, but this type of error is very rare for the variety. Davy #06.4.12. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 6/5/98. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 221		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems EF45. Slightly Off Center with Misaligned Dies. Very attractive lustrous olive brown and chocolate with a couple thin wisps of lighter brown toning on the reverse. Great eye appeal for the grade. The only mark is a tiny planchet flake in the dentils over the D in UNITED. Very little if any wear shows on this piece, but the usual soft strike on the bust tip and opposing wreath under TATE makes assigning a higher grade difficult. E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. The repunching on the 6 is strong and the reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW. The dies are slightly misaligned and the strike is a bit off center, but the legends remain comfortably on the planchet. Davy #06.4.10. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4151. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 222		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems VF25. Clipped Planchet. Sharpness VF35 but there are some faint hairline scratches well hidden in the patina on both sides. Glossy olive brown and chocolate mixed with some frosty lighter brown on the obverse. Excellent eye appeal in spite of the faint marks. There is a small planchet clip under the 18 and above ST in STATES, and the dentils across from this clip are weak (the Blakesly effect on pieces struck with planchet clips). The reverse is rotated 30 degrees CW. Davy #06.4.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. From an unrecorded source 1993-1996. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 223		1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems AG3. Cracked Planchet. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. No roughness or contact marks, just well worn. The planchet is cracked from the rim nearly to the nose with a corresponding crack to the wreath right of the F in HALF. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW. Davy #06.4.11. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Frank E. Wilkinson 8/14/91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 224		1807 C-1 R1 VF25. Triple Struck with Tab. Sharpness near EF40 but covered with uniform microscopic roughness under frosty dark steel and olive toning. No marks or verdigris. The protected areas are covered with attractive flowline luster. This piece was struck three times. One strike is normal and centered on the planchet. Another was way off center to K-4 creating a tab. The tab occurred when a second planchet was struck while resting over the rim of this piece. It appears the tab came prior to the normal, centered strike. The third strike (not necessarily in that order) was against a blank planchet 10% off center to K-4 on the obverse. Evidence of this strike comes in the form of an indent arcing from K-7 to K-1 on the obverse. This arc is relatively subtle compared to the tab indent, which is bold. Plated on page 483 in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate an "Obverse indent." A dramatic example of this very rare type of mint error. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.2. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 4/23/75. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,955
Lot 225		1807 C-1 R1 VF30. Double Struck/Off Center Brockage Maker. Sharpness EF45 with a diagonal scratch through EN in CENT and a few spots of extremely fine roughness on both sides. Glossy light chocolate brown mixed with darker chocolate and olive tones. In addition, there are traces of silvery toning on both sides, mostly along the profile of Ms Liberty. Double struck. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet. The second was slightly off center and rotated 10-15 degrees on the reverse. There is strong evidence of the off center second strike on the left side of the reverse, especially inside the wreath. The obverse was not struck against the die on the second strike. Instead, it was pressed into a new blank planchet positioned 50% off center to K-7.5, thereby creating an off center obverse brockage. The indent from this second planchet is strong. Another great error that is obvious to the unaided eye. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.16. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex NASCA auction #75, Grand Central 1988:703-Don Valenziano 11/11/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 226		1807 C-1 R1 F15. Double Struck Off Center. Five points sharper but there is a scratch-like line in the wreath under ENT (which may be an indent from the off center strike) and traces of extremely fine reddish carbon in protected areas at the top of the lower head of Ms Liberty. Frosty chocolate and steel brown. Double struck. One strike (probably the second) was centered on the planchet and the other was 45% off center to K-6. Evidence of the off center strike is strong and abundant on both sides. The date from the centered strike is clear and is positioned on the off center face of Ms Liberty. A wonderful example of this type of mint error. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.14. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,006
Lot 227		1807 C-1 R1 VG7. Double Struck Off Center. Slightly sharper but covered with very fine granularity, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris, and the only mark is a strong nick under TA in STATES. Double struck way off center. The first strike was centered on the planchet, but it failed to eject completely and was struck another time 90% off center. RTY from the second strike is clearly visible left of the curls, and the denominator is strongly impressed at D-STA. The sequence of these strikes is questionable, and there is a chance the off center impression came first. What's certain is that this is a dramatic error in spite of the relatively low grade. Davy #07.1.33B. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Colonel Ray Bright-2008 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/10/08:95. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 228		1807 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces, void of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. There are some tiny ticks scattered over the obverse, mostly on the neck. Double struck. Both strikes are centered on the planchet but rotated 25 degrees between the impressions. Evidence of the first strike is strongest on the neck, bust, and back of the head. The undertype on the reverse is more subtle, clearest in the leaves under UNITED. In addition, the M from AMERICA is positioned between the F of OF and adjacent A in AMERICA. E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #07.1.15. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 229		1807 C-1 R1 VF20. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and olive brown with very faded red remaining in protected areas. The only notable mark is a small nick-like planchet void at the dentils off the nose tip, as struck. Double struck over an off center obverse brockage impression. The first strike is 40% off center to K-1 on the obverse while the initial strike on the reverse is an incuse obverse brockage impression 20% off center to K-7. The misstruck half cent was then reinserted into the press and struck slightly off center to K-5.5. Strong undertype of the off center obverse strike covers the lower half of the second obverse impression. Ms Liberty is rotated about 180 degrees between the two strikes. Most of the date from the second impression did not strike up, but the top of the 7 is strong. The reverse shows incuse BERTY from the off center brockage through the top of the wreath. Another fantastic multiple-error half cent. LDS, Manley state 3.0 early. Davy #07.1.28. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 4/3/98. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,220
Lot 230		1807 C-1 R1 G5. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Several points sharper but the planchet is slightly bent and there are several dull contact marks in the field before the face and at the rim left of the hair ribbon, plus a faint scuff in the hair at the back of the head. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and attractive. Glossy chocolate brown with a swipe of lighter brown on both sides. Boldly double struck over a 10% off center obverse brockage. Two dates separated by a 45 degree rotation are visible on the obverse, and Ms Liberty is two-faced. The reverse is struck over the slightly off center obverse brockage with most of the incuse and retrograde LIBERTY showing at the bottom and the drapery folds at the top. The incuse brockage impression does not line up perfectly with either of the normal obverse impressions. Brockage impressions often do not line up with their opposing normal impressions when one of the two planchets (one that has been struck and the new blank) is only part way into the press or both planchets are off center in different directions or to a different degree. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.11. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Jim McGuigan 1/19/86. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 231		1807 C-1 R1 VG7. Double Struck over Obverse Brockage. Very slightly sharper but covered with light contact marks, including myriad faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a dull diagonal scratch through the C in CENT. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with peeps of lighter brown in protected areas on the reverse. Double struck over an obverse brockage. The obverse is over the normal side of the brockage strike but rotated 25 degrees. The result is two clear faces and busts for the lady. There are two dates as well, but the second one is less obvious. The second 18 is positioned on either side of the stronger 7, and the 7 of the second date is on the bust tip. The obverse brockage is positioned under the normal reverse and the strongest evidence of the incuse strike is from the bust lines below OF. The brockage came first, then the normal strike. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.33. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex John Hipps 7/30/94. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 232		1807 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and steel with two small spots of darker reddish chocolate on the neck. Smooth surfaces with only a few minor marks, including a thin scratch in the field before the neck and a small nick-like planchet void on the neck. Double struck over an off center obverse brockage. One strike is normal and centered on the planchet. The other is an off center obverse brockage with the lower curls of the "normal" side of that strike visible at the bust tip. Those curls distort much of the 7, but it remains readable. On the reverse there is an arc from an 80% off center obverse brockage visible at F-AME. Apparently there were many things going wrong. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.25. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jerry Wienzierl 5/3/96. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 233		1807 C-1 R1 EF40. Off Center. Frosty chocolate and steel brown with a splash of darker chocolate toning on the leaves under ME in AMERICA. No defects other than some uneven surface on the unstruck portion of the planchet, as minted. Struck 15-20% off center to K-6.5. Only the top of the 7 shows because the date is mostly off the planchet. A dramatic error with excellent eye appeal. This piece is plated on page 478 in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate an off center type of mint error. LDS, Manley state 3.0 early. Davy #07.1.4. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Willard C. Blaisdell (via Del Bland)-William K. Raymond 9/8/76. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,488
Lot 234		1807 C-1 R1 F15. Off Center. Glossy dark olive brown with steel brown toning on the high points. Five points sharper but there are a half dozen small pinpricks in the right obverse field, the largest at the dentils off the brow, plus a small planchet crack on the rim over the bust tip, as struck. The surfaces are mostly smooth and attractive, but a glass reveals traces of microscopic crud or verdigris on both sides. Struck 15% off center to K-7, but the upper half of the date is on the planchet and is easily readable. MDS, Manley state 2.0, with the reverse rotated 20 degrees CCW. Davy #07.1.19. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:242. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 235		1807 C-1 R1 VG8. Misaligned Dies. Slightly sharper, especially on the reverse where the details suggest a VF grade, but there are faint hairline scratches covering the obverse plus a couple obvious digs at the shoulder and left of the date. The reverse is very nice, essentially flawless. Glossy dark olive brown and steel with reddish chocolate in protected areas on the reverse. The obverse high points are a lighter shade of chocolate and steel. Struck with the obverse die misaligned to K-9 while the reverse is centered on the planchet. Curiously the L in LIBERTY was not struck up at all and is missing while everything else is normal. This i smost likely the result of the die misalignment. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The reverse is not rotated, which is unusual for this variety. Davy #07.1.20. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:243. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 236		1807 C-1 R1 G6. Clipped Planchet. Glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and attractive. The only mark is a dull but obvious nick in the hair tucked close under the hair ribbon. A curved planchet clip is located even with the upper edge of the bust and at the opposing area over AM. A modest piece in this remarkable collection, but this type of error is quite rare (Breen encyclopedia, page 470, paragraph 7). LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #07.1.18. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Bob Grellman 12/18/90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $98
Lot 237		1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 VG8+. Clipped Planchet. Choice glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and very attractive for the grade, close to VG10. A curved planchet clip is positioned left of the lowest curls and over ST in STATES. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die cracks on the obverse. The overdate feature is obvious. Davy #08.2.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/92:65. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 238		1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 VG7. Struck over Folded Planchet Lamination. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive with only a few minor marks. The notable ones are a couple nicks at the C in CENT. Struck over a folded-back planchet lamination near the rim before the eye. The lamination now appears as a flattened burr in the field pointing to the eyebrow. An extremely rare type of mint error that creates a look that could be confused with undertype. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Nicely struck everywhere except for OF, which was not struck up at all. The overdate is obvious. Davy #08.2.15. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Rick DeSanctis, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2002 ANA Sale, 8/1/2002:2462. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 239		1808 C-3 R1 VG7. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Nice glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and attractive for the grade, but not perfect. The reverse is covered with faint hairline scratches and there is a dull nick over the right edge of the R in LIBERTY. Double struck in the collar with a rotation of 130 degrees CW between the impressions. The result is a dramatic error that is evident to the unaided eye. There is no date visible from either of the strikes, but an additional LIBERT is clear where one of the dates should have been and shadow images of Ms Liberty show in the obverse fields around the strong impression of her image. Similar obvious doubling shows on the reverse. UNITED now reads UNRICA and there is an extra fraction where STATES should have been. This one is impressive, and Breen plated it on page 480 of his encyclopedia to illustrate a "rotated centered double strike." LDS. Davy #08.3.14. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Richard Gross (the "Baltimore Collection") via Ron Guth 3/20/83. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,795
Lot 240		1808 C-3 R1 EF45. Double Struck Off Center. Very attractive frosty chocolate brown with light brown faded down from mint color in some of the protected areas. Essentially flawless except for the effects of the off center strike. This piece was double struck. One of the impressions was centered on the planchet and the other was 55% off center. A clear arc of dentils passes through the head and the "18" from the date is partially visible at the E in LIBERTY. The 8 is obvious on the rim while part of the 1 shows on the body of the E. Similar evidence of the off center strike shows on the reverse. The "2" from the denominator is obvious on the rim over the second S in STATES and the first A in AMERICA can be made out on the rim above the R in AMERICA. There is more stuff from the off center strike on both sides, but you get the idea. Another really neat error. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with the reverse rotated 165 degrees CW from a normal head-to-foot die orientation. Davy #08.3.2. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex Robert Batchelder 5/13/71. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,438
Lot 241		1808 C-3 R1 G5. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive for the grade, only a few trivial marks in the field left of the portrait. Double struck in the collar but rotated 30 degrees between the strikes. There is ample undertype from the first impression on the obverse, including "80" on the bust tip, and the face of Ms Liberty faces oddly upward. The most obvious evidence of doubling on the reverse is an extra wreath ribbon left of the "normal" one. LDS with relatively weak design details caused by the double strike, especially on the reverse. Davy #08.3.16. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4053, 2/16/85:38. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $863
Lot 242		1808 C-3 R1 F15. Flipover Double Strike/Reverse Brockage Maker. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with traces of lighter brown in protected areas around the portrait. No notable marks and the surfaces are nice, but a glass reveals traces of microscopic roughness on the face. Double struck, and the planchet was flipped over between strikes. Both impressions are properly centered. The "200" from the fraction of one strike shows clearly at the Y in LIBERTY while parts of the wreath and ED from UNITED show on the bust and neck. The EN from CENT also shows at the ear. There is no undertype visible on the reverse, but there is a depression just inside the rim at STATES OF A that suggests the reverse was pressed against a blank planchet creating a reverse brockage. An alternative explanation that also makes sense is that two planchets were inserted at the same time resulting in a uniface reverse strike on this planchet, which was then reinserted into the press and struck again with the obverse over the reverse. This would also explain the depression at the top of the reverse. Either way, this is a neat error that offers excellent eye appeal. MDS, Manley state 3.0. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees CW. Davy #08.3.34. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 4/19/2002. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 243		1808 C-3 R1 VG8. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. No defects on a smooth, attractive planchet. Double struck. The first strike was 20% off center to K-7.5 and the second was centered on the planchet. Undertype is clearly visible on the head and left of the hair ribbon. The reverse shows undertype at the top of the wreath and at ITED. A relatively modest mint error, but the undertype is obvious and the eye appeal is very nice for the grade. LDS. Davy #08.3.25. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 11/25/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 244		1808 C-3 R1 VG8. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Sharpness F12 but the field behind the portrait is covered with fine pinscratches and there are some more along the top of the bust. Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the high points. Double struck. One impression is an off center obverse brockage. The normal obverse on this strike was about 10% off center to K-4.5 while the other side has a 60% off center obverse brockage. The other strike was normal and rather well centered on the planchet. The date of the off center strike hangs slightly off the planchet but it remains strong. The date from the centered strike is represented by the second 8 nestled into the lowest curl. The bust of the off center obverse also shows clearly in the field above the centered bust. The off center obverse brockage covers the right third of the reverse and the incuse LIBER is strong. A complicated but visually pleasing multiple error. E-MDS. Davy #08.3.22. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley, Superior 1/28/90:87 (via Don Valenziano 2/1/90). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,553
Lot 245		1808 C-3 R1 F15. Double Struck Off Center/Off Center Brockage Maker. Sharpness VF30 but covered with extremely fine roughness under a mostly glossy dark olive and chocolate brown patina. No marks or verdigris. Double struck. The first strike was centered but the planchet failed to eject properly and it was struck again but about 15% off center. The reverse was struck by the die during the second strike, but it was positioned off center to K-3 leaving a strong NITED and wreath on the left side of the reverse. The obverse was pressed into a new blank planchet rather than the obverse die during the second strike (thereby creating an off center obverse brockage on the new planchet), and the result was a strongly depressed arc covering most of the area left of the curls. A dramatic error. LDS. Davy #08.3.8. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Ron Guth 11/26/77. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 246		1808 C-3 R1 G6. Double Struck Off Center over Off Center Reverse Brockage. Sharpness F12 but lightly corroded. No verdigris, but there are some light rim bruises on both sides, none notable. Dark chocolate and olive brown, closer to matte than glossy. Double struck, and neither strike was centered on the planchet. The reverse was struck two times by the reverse die, and the strikes are separated by a millimeter or two and rotated about 10 degrees. The doubling is most obvious inside the wreath where HALF and CENT are clearly bent. The obverse was struck two times as well, but one of the strikes is a 50% off center reverse brockage. Nothing went right for this half cent. Davy #08.3.31. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Chris Young 4/19/97. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 247		1808 C-3 R1 VG8. Slightly Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown, most likely cleaned and nicely retoned. Smooth and attractive for the grade with only trivial contact marks, including a dull rim nick at the L in LIBERTY. This piece is an obverse brockage that was struck 10% off center to K-7. The normal and incuse impressions are almost directly opposite each other. The date is easily readable on both sides even though the bottom edge of all four (eight?) digits are off the planchet. This piece is plated on page 484 in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate an obverse brockage. MDS. Davy #08.3.4. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex F. R. Alvord, S. H. Chapman 6/9/24:136-Fred Weinberg (Numismatics, Ltd.) 6/10/74. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,188
Lot 248		1808 C-3 R1 G6. Off Center Reverse Brockage. Sharpness F12 with uniform fine granularity covering the normal side. The incuse reverse is mostly smooth with only traces of lighter granularity in the protected areas. Partly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. The normal reverse is properly centered while the incuse brockage impression of the reverse is 15% off center to K-5. M-LDS. (This reverse was used to produce the C-2 and C-3 varieties of 1808, but the die state indicates this piece was struck during the later C-3 marriage.) Davy #08.3.21. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Richard Picker collection (Mrs. Picker) via Stack's 2/15/89. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,488
Lot 249		1808 C-3 R1 G6. Off Center. Sharpness VF20 but lightly corroded. Dull dark steel brown and olive with patches of reddish brown on both sides, mostly on the reverse. You can find a few tiny specks of verdigris with a good glass. The only contact mark is a barely visible rim bruise over the L in LIBERTY. Struck 15% off center to K-7 leaving the lower third of the date off the planchet. MDS with no reverse die rotation. Not the most attractive half cent, but the off center error is obvious. Davy #08.3.9. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 8/12/78. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 250		1808 C-3 R1 F15+. Misaligned Dies. Close to VF20 with excellent eye appeal, but there are just a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. The only notable marks are a couple very light but relatively fresh ones left of the L in LIBERTY. Choice glossy chocolate brown. Struck with the obverse die misaligned to K-12. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The reverse die is rotated 70 degrees CCW from the normal head-to-foot orientation. Davy #08.3.17. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4151. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345

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