Lot 202
1805 C-1 R2- Stemless Wreath VG8. Tab Double Strike. Sharpness near F12 but the rim was gently tapped to smooth out a tab created by a second strike that was 95% off center. The tab was effectively smoothed out but the rim across the planchet was gently flattened in the process leaving what looks like a rim cud in that area. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with darker steel and olive toning in protected areas. There are traces of fine roughness on both sides, strongest around the date and fraction. The tab strike left an arc of dentils on the obverse but the opposing area on the reverse was struck against a new blank planchet creating an indent in that area. Obviously this half cent didn't get out of the way fast enough. Davy #05.1.17.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 4/16/99.
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