Lot 281
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF20. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with a splash of darker steel and olive toning in the hair left of the neck. The only notable marks are a spot of raised reddish brown verdigris under the A in STATES and traces of glue over ALF in HALF. Double struck. The first strike was centered on the planchet. The second strike was 10% off center to K-8 leaving the nose and lips of Ms Liberty on the neck of the centered strike and her bust tip on the rim under the 18. The very top of the 4 shows on the rim under the lowest curl. There is no doubling on the reverse, but there is an impression from a new blank planchet positioned about 20% off center that left a depressed arc through the fraction. Apparently the second strike created an off center reverse brockage impression on the second planchet. There is swelling at the top of the wreath which is consistent with being a brockage-maker. A neat error. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #04.13.30.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/16/1991:31.
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