Lot 109
1800 C-1 R2 VG10. Double Struck/Reverse Brockage Maker. Glossy steel and light olive brown. No roughness, just a few contact marks. The notable ones are a dull but obvious rim nick before the neck and a short struck-through line (from a short piece of wire stuck to the die or planchet as it was struck) over CA in AMERICA. Double struck. Both strikes were centered on the planchet but it was rotated about 5 degrees between the impressions. The doubling is obvious along the back of the head and from the neck down to the bust, but the doubling is not as dramatic as that seen on the previous two lots. The reverse displays no trace of doubling (also similar to the last two lots) suggesting the reverse was struck against a new blank planchet creating a reverse brockage. Same type of mint error but with less impact due to the smaller rotation between strikes. Weight 81.7 grains. Davy #00.1.25.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Ed Fuhrman 4/19/06.
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