Lot 287
1809 C-6 R1 VF20. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth with only a couple minor marks. These include a small dig or planchet void at the rim above the L in LIBERTY and a planchet flake at the dentils above the D in UNITED. Double struck. The first strike was centered on the planchet and the second was 90% off center at stars 3-5. The obverse tab shows parts of a couple stars but the reverse tab has no design details and may have been struck against a blank planchet (or even another struck half cent). The off center strike created a large tab that has been lightly tapped down, but it still extends beyond the normal arc of the planchet. The rim across the planchet also displays the effects of this tapping. You have to wonder if this was done at the mint before releasing the coin to make it more presentable. However, there are enough tab strikes remaining today that have not been tapped down to present a good counter-argument. Regardless, it's nice enough to have been selected by Walter Breen to illustrate the "first striking centered, second off center" type of mint error on page 480 of his half cent encyclopedia. M-LDS, Manley state 5.0. Struck with the reverse rotated 135 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Davy #09.6.2.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 12/6/74.
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