Lot 466
1829 N-9 R4 Small Letters Reverse Double Struck. VF-25. Ten points sharper but there is a scrape on the rim and dentils right of star 11 reaching nearly to the outer point of that star and a light rim bruise at the R in AMERICA. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and virtually flawless. Glossy chocolate brown with medium brown toning in protected areas, especially on the obverse. EDS with hard, slightly reflective obverse fields and no die cracks. This cent was clearly double struck. Both impressions were centered on the planchet, but the obverse was rotated about 20 degrees between strikes leaving an impression of the nose on the forehead, the chin on the nose, and other areas of the portrait on the top of the head and buns. The reverse also shows clear doubling, especially at UNIT and around the wreath, but the rotation is significantly less on that side. I suspect this piece became a brockage maker somewhere in the process of being struck more than two times as that's the only way I can explain the visible differences in rotation between the strikes. Regardless, this is a really neat mint error and an attractive cent in spite of the contact marks described here.
Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500.
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