Lot 631
1854 N-11 R2 Cut-down Planchet F15. Sharpness VF20 or slightly better with some light contact marks, including a nick at the top of the ear and another over star 11. Glossy chocolate brown with some reddish chocolate toning at the eye. The planchet is 23.5 millimeters in diameter and weighs only 109.8 grains. Apparently the planchet was carefully cut down to this smaller diameter post-striking (outside the mint) using a precision tool that left the rims looking just like they had been cut this size at the mint (or at the factory making planchets for the mint). Anyway, a neat curiosity. DWH #3389.
Estimated Value $20-UP.
Ex Jim Corrado, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/11/07:911.
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