Lot 455
1804 C-2 R6 AG3. Slightly sharper but covered with very fine roughness. No verdigris and the only notable marks are a half dozen fine scratches on the obverse. Slightly glossy mix of medium brown, chocolate, and olive brown. Probably lightly cleaned and retoned. The left half of both sides is weakly struck, as always on the variety but especially pronounced in the late die state. LDS, Manley state 3.0, with a strong cud break at ERTY. The reverse is rotated about 30 degrees clockwise. The date is weak but readable and most of the legends are complete. The Missouri Cabinet example of the variety with the cud break was a cleaned and damaged net G4+ that brought $12,075 (our sale 1/24/2014:61), and the corroded net G6 example in our Davy Collection Sale (9/4/2011:210) brought $32,200. Not a die state suited for the high-end registry collector. Value $4,000 - UP
Ex Key Date Coins auction (Oklahoma City) 4/10/2012:164 (where cataloged as an 1804 half dollar)-The Widok Collection.
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