Lot 239
1808 C-3 R1 VG7. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Nice glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and attractive for the grade, but not perfect. The reverse is covered with faint hairline scratches and there is a dull nick over the right edge of the R in LIBERTY. Double struck in the collar with a rotation of 130 degrees CW between the impressions. The result is a dramatic error that is evident to the unaided eye. There is no date visible from either of the strikes, but an additional LIBERT is clear where one of the dates should have been and shadow images of Ms Liberty show in the obverse fields around the strong impression of her image. Similar obvious doubling shows on the reverse. UNITED now reads UNRICA and there is an extra fraction where STATES should have been. This one is impressive, and Breen plated it on page 480 of his encyclopedia to illustrate a "rotated centered double strike." LDS. Davy #08.3.14.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Richard Gross (the "Baltimore Collection") via Ron Guth 3/20/83.
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