Lot 166
1804 C-10 R1 VF20. Cracked Planchet. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown. Very lightly cleaned leaving microscopic hairlines on the devices and in the fields. No corrosion or verdigris and only minor contact marks, including a hairline scratch arcing through the hair left of the neck. Struck on a badly cracked planchet. The crack passes completely through the planchet extending through the B into the hair and up through the fraction into the wreath. The crack is so dramatic that Breen selected this coin to illustrate the cracked planchet type of error in the "Whoops!" chapter in his half cent encyclopedia (page 469). It happens to be the first photo included in that chapter. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #04.10.11.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 8/12/78.
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