Lot 318
1823 Restrike AU58. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with underlying frosty mint luster in the fields and protected areas. A beautiful example, void of any spots, stains, or contact marks. Just a hint of friction on the highest points from mint state. Late die state with all the rim cuds and die cracks clear, including the final crack down through TE in STATES. These "Restrikes" were made privately outside the mint using discarded mint dies sold as scrap. The obverse die used was the normal Newcomb-2 variety of 1823, but apparently a reverse die of the type used in 1823 was not available and they substituted a reverse die that had been used for the 1813 Sheldon-293 variety. The result was an "1823" cent that looked nothing like the genuine mint product, but it filled a need for collectors since this date has always been a challenge in high grade. Breen says 49 uncracked examples were struck in 1862 for Joseph J. Mickley before the obverse die broke, and an unknown number of pieces were struck from the cracked dies. This piece must have been one of the last struck. Estimated Value $500-UP
Ex Darwin B. Palmer 5/1980-the Rod Burress Collection.
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