Lot 146
1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin F15. Flipover Double Strike. Sharpness VF35 but the planchet is uneven and delicately bent, perhaps at least partially a result of getting really jammed up in the press. No roughness and only a few trivial contact marks. Frosty dark steel and chocolate brown. This piece was struck at least twice. Clear evidence of a 20% off center reverse is visible on the obverse, including a fraction and ICA above the bust tip and the A from STATES left of the L in LIBERTY. There is no evidence of undertype on the reverse, however, which suggests the initial strike may have been a uniface impression (two planchets inserted at the same time with this one struck by the reverse die 20% off center). The second strike was normal and centered on the planchet. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The "Spiked Chin" is clear. Davy #04.8.28.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Tom Reynolds-Ed Fuhrman 4/19/06.
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