Lot 218
1806 C-4 R1 Large 6 with Stems VG8. Double Struck with Rotation/Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but there are light contact marks scattered over the obverse and some graffiti in the field before the portrait. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Dramatically double struck with two complete, strong dates. One of the strikes is centered on the planchet and the other is slightly off center and rotated 110 degrees. The rotation helped create a stunning visual effect on the obverse, but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse, which is centered on the planchet like its mated obverse impression. Instead, the reverse was a brockage maker imparting an incuse image of that side on a new planchet. This piece is plated on page 480 in Breen's encyclopedia to illustrate the "Two impressions about 114 degrees apart" error. In addition, the reverse is rotated 80 degrees CW relative to the centered obverse impression. A stunning mint error in spite of the marks. Davy #06.4.4.
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Ex University of Wisconsin sale, Superior 10/77:138 (via Julian Leidman 10/3/77).
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