Lot 84
1797 C-2 R3 VG7. Double Struck on 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with NEW YORK. Very slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned a rather glossy light olive and chocolate brown, the obverse a couple shades lighter than the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few trivial marks. Among these are a small rim nick over the T in LIBERTY, a few faint hairline scratches across the date, and a minor planchet fissure at the rim left of the lower curls (as struck). The date is clear. Undertype from the 1794 TAL Cent includes NEW from NEW YORK at RTY and COM from COMMERCE at the dentils right of the fraction. Double struck with a small offset of less than a millimeter between the impressions. Everything displays doubling, which is clearest along the profile of Ms Liberty. Weight 87.5 grains. Davy #97.2.20.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 3/4/92.
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