Lot 141
1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin VG10. Double Struck over Obverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth, nearly flawless surfaces. This piece was double struck in the collar with a 15 degree rotation between impressions. The upper half of the "4" shows on the bust of the principal (second) strike and additional clear evidence of the first impression shows along the bottom of the bust, in the field above the bust tip, and on the chin. The reverse of the first impression was an obverse brockage (incuse) strike, and this shows clearest at TES OF where incuse remnants of the bust are obvious. It appears this piece started out as an obverse brockage strike that was "recoined" to make a more-presentable half cent. Again, we would need that time machine to be sure of the sequence of events. But maybe we are better off just "noodling" through it. Davy #04.5.8.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex 1997 EAC Sale, 4/19/97:63 (where the brockage undertype was not mentioned).
|
| |
| Realized $690 |
