Lot 177
1823 Restrike EF45. EF-45. Sharper but lightly cleaned, now retoned glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown highpoints. Coated with a very thin layer of lacquer or some similar protectant. A thin, very light nick over the left top of the 2 in the date is the best identifying mark. Early die state, before any die cracks. The cud breaks at stars 4-6 were skillfully removed and the dentils added back in that area in an attempt to make this piece pass as an original 1823 cent. Removing the cud and adding the dentils appears to have been done to many if not most of the pieces struck before the obverse die cracked. Breen says 49 uncracked examples were struck in 1862 for Joseph J. Mickley. Noyes photo #39633. Weight 160.1 grains. DWH #0568.
Estimated Value $800-UP.
Ex Paul Padget 1982-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:793.
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