Lot 108
1800 C-1 R2 VG10. Double Struck/Reverse Brockage Maker. Rather glossy steel and chocolate brown with subtle specks of darker olive brown toning sprinkled over the obverse. These specks of darker toning contain traces of extremely fine roughness, and there is a small area of similar roughness that weakens the 8 in the date. Double struck. Both strikes were centered on the planchet but there was a 55-degree rotation between impressions. There is a clear face looking upward in the hair below BER, curls and the top of an "18" on the bust, and LIBER left of the normal LIBERTY. The reverse was struck against a new blank planchet instead of the reverse die (similar to the preceding lot) creating a reverse brockage on that planchet, so there is no doubling on that side. Another "Two-Faced Lady" for us to enjoy. Weight 87.8 grains. Davy #00.1.12.
Estimated Value $600-UP.
Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/88.
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