Lot 150
1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. . C-6a, R2. VG-8 Plus, Without Pole. Thin Planchet. Struck off center over TAL Cent. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and the only significant mark is a thin planchet crack (as struck) at the rim off the bust tip and in the dentils over F in OF. A spot of greenish verdigris shows inside the C in AMERICA. The reverse is considerably sharper than the obverse with details of F12 or better. The date and legends are complete and strong. Struck slightly off center to K-10 on a cut-down Talbot Allum & Lee Cent, and the planchet is a bit egg-shaped instead of round. Undertype from the TAL is visible at the 17 in the date and over UN in UNITED.
Estimated Value $200 - 400.
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| Realized $891 |
