Lot 123
1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 VG8. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with smooth, attractive surfaces. The only defect is a very light rim bruise off the bust tip. The date and legends are complete and clear and the overdate is obvious. This piece was clearly double struck. One impression (probably the first) was a 90% off center, and the other was a normal strike properly centered on the planchet. Undertype from the off-center strike shows under the 2 in the date (possibly the O from OF) and a stronger impression of arcing dentils shows at OF. This was thought to be struck over an off center large cent, but the arc of dentils is consistent with a half cent diameter. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. Weight 81.7 grains. Davy #02.2.17.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/92:26.
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