Lot 300
1810 C-1 R1 VG7. Tab Double Strike. Slightly sharper with extremely faint roughness covering the planchet. No verdigris or notable marks. Double struck with a tab indent. Breen says the indent on this coin was created "while a blank planchet was partially between it and one of the dies at the moment of striking." Perhaps, but the tab on the reverse has faint dentil impressions consistent with being pressed against the edge of another struck piece. A more logical sequence is that the tab strike came first with the edge being nipped against a struck half cent. Then the planchet was struck properly to create what we see today. The strong dentils on the obverse side of the tab also support this sequence of events. The piece is plated on page 483 of the Breen book illustrating the "Reverse Indent" type of mint error. Davy #10.1.3.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 5/22/75.
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