Lot 188
1800 C-1 R2 G5. Double Struck with Rotation. Very slightly sharper but there are too many contact marks for the higher grade, including a shallow scratch down the portrait and another in the field up from before the bust tip. Somewhat glossy chocolate brown. The date and legends are complete and clear except for OF, which is weak. Double struck with a 5-10 degree CW rotation between the impressions. The doubling shows clearest along the neck, top edge of the bust, and back of the head. I can not find any doubling on the reverse, and it is possible that side was pressed into a new blank planchet during the second strike, thus creating a reverse brockage on the second planchet. MDS, Manley state 3.0. Weight 78.9 grains. Davy #00.1.15.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989.
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