Lot 173
1804 C-12 R2 Crosslet 4 without Stems EF40. Chatter Strike Reverse. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning covering the protected areas. Great eye appeal with only a few minor marks, including a small nick in the field off the nose tip and a spot of darker chocolate toning under the U in UNITED. The reverse shows clear doubling on all the devices and legend. The offset between impressions is only the width of a dentil, but it is wider than you would expect from a simple chatter strike (die bounce). The obverse, however, shows no trace of doubling and may have become a brockage maker when a new planchet entered the press. It's a great-looking half cent either way. LDS. Davy #04.12.8.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 4/5/92.
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