Lot 3656
1798 S-179 R2 Boldly Double Struck Off Center. Good-6. Style II Hair with Small 8. Sharpness near F12 but covered with fine to moderate roughness under a slightly glossy dark olive and steel patina. No notable contact marks or verdigris. Double struck. The first strike was normal but the planchet failed to eject completely and a second strike 70% off center to K-3 left the 1 and some of the lower curls of the second strike in the field before the portrait of the first strike. The reverse, however, was struck against the obverse of a previously struck cent leaving an incuse impression of LI (from LIBERTY) right of the T in CENT. This brockage impression does not line up with the obverse impression left by the off-center strike suggesting things were really jammed up at this point. An impressive multiple mint error (double strike, off center, obverse brockage). The date and legends are clear for what remains of the initial strike.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
Ex Michael Arconti, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 7/27/03:39.
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