Lot 271
1809 C-4 R1 Circle inside 0 VG8. Double Struck/Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Sharpness F12 but covered with microscopic roughness under a rather glossy olive brown patina with lighter chocolate toning on the devices. No verdigris and just a few minor marks, including a tiny rim bruise over the second S in STATES and a rim nick at the bottom of the reverse. Double struck. One strike was centered on the planchet and a second was rotated about 70 degrees and positioned 25% off center. The reverse die struck the planchet on the second strike but the obverse was pressed against a new blank planchet creating an off center reverse brockage. Bold evidence of the off center impression shows on the reverse. Quite often you have to look closely to see evidence of a second strike. Not so on this reverse. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The circle inside the 0 feature is visible. Davy #09.4.9.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Ron Guth-Jack Robinson 1979.
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