Lot 185
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems EF45. Triple Struck in Collar/Reverse Brockage Maker. Glossy chocolate and medium brown with frosty lighter toning in protected areas. Attractive flowline luster covers the fields and protected areas and this piece offers excellent eye appeal. No notable marks or other distractions. This half cent was struck three times. The first strike was properly centered and the second was also centered but rotated 30 degrees CCW relative to the first leaving two dates and LIBERTY reading LIBERTRTY. The third impression was centered as well, and it was rotated only slightly relative to the second leaving a strong double profile along the neck and upper edge of the bust, with weaker doubling on the rest of the profile. The reverse shows no doubling but instead was a brockage maker on the second and third strikes. It displays the usual puffy or swollen look that results from being pressed into a blank planchet during a rotated additional strike(s). The evidence indicates this piece remained in the die following the first strike and received the additional two strikes with another planchet against the reverse, thereby creating a reverse brockage error. These error strikes offer a wonderful opportunity to "noodle through" the probable sequence of events that resulted in the final product. You may consider this a science, but an educated guess is often the best answer available. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.5.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 8/24/77.
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