Lot 120
1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 G6. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown with traces of reddish chocolate toning around STATE. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few trivial marks including a shallow pit on the T in LIBERTY. The date and legends are clear and the overdate is obvious. Struck over a spoiled large cent with strong undertype from the cent reverse visible behind the portrait. Most of the leaves from the right side of the cent wreath are present, but there is no evidence of cent undertype on the reverse of the half cent. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0 showing fine die rust (tiny lumps on the coin) around the date and legends on both sides. Weight 79.3 grains. Davy #02.2.19.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/92:28.
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| Realized $1,840 |
