Lot 266
1809 C-3 R1 VF20. Double Struck Off Center over Off Center Reverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with traces of frost in protected areas. Smooth and very attractive, nearly flawless. Double struck, and both strikes were off center. One impression was 15% off center to K-5 and the other was a reverse brockage struck 60% off center in the same direction. The incuse brockage side is on the obverse, and those incuse details are obvious. Only a few traces of the raised reverse undertype from the brockage strike can be found on the reverse, with the clearest evidence on the T in CENT. The lower third of the date is off the planchet but it remains easily readable. LDS, Manley state 2.0. Plated on page 480 in the Breen encyclopedia illustrating "First impression a partial brockage, about 60% off center; second about 25% off center K5.5." Davy #09.3.7.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Jim McGuigan 1/15/81.
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