Lot 123
1795 NC-3 R7 Plain Edge with One Cent Central. About Good-3 Plus. Sharpness G6, even better on the reverse where more of the design is properly struck up, but the planchet is covered with fine roughness mixed with tiny pitmarks, mostly on the reverse. No verdigris or contact marks, and the color is a decent and slightly glossy medium brown and light chocolate with dark chocolate and olive brown in protected areas. The 17 & 5 in the date are weak but easily readable while the 9 is gone. A couple letters of LIBERTY are faintly visible as well but the rest are gone. Most of the reverse is clear and relatively strong, but TES OF and CA are missing. Six examples are known, and all are unevenly struck with weakness at these same places. Since the reverse die was only used during this NC-3 marriage, it is reasonable to speculate there was something amiss with the die resulting in a quick retirement and an extremely rare variety. The strong design elements remaining on the reverse of this example are a big plus, and the attribution points are clear (which is not the case for several of the known examples due to heavy wear and/or corrosion). A new discovery, attributed as NC-3 by this cataloger for ANACS on 8/07. The census for the variety is 4-3-2-2-2-1, so this piece is CC#2 among this rather uninspiring group of a half dozen cents. Removed from an ANACS slab graded "Good-6 Details, Corroded" (ANACS label included, and it shows the attribution). DWH #3444.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Heritage 9/07:83-Chris McCawley/Doug Bird 1/08.
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