Lot 30
1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole on Thick Planchet VF20. Struck over a Spoiled Large Cent on an Irregular Planchet. Slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with extremely faint granularity that is mostly offset by the rather glossy light chocolate and olive brown toning. No verdigris, but there are numerous very faint hairline scratches hidden in the toning on the obverse and a planchet chip shows in the dentils at ST in STATES. Struck on an off center large cent of unknown date or variety. Only a strong impression of the cent dentils remains on both sides of the half cent. The half cent planchet was cut from the spoiled large cent in such a manner that the edge of the cent planchet became part of the half cent planchet. As a result, the half cent planchet is not round. This was done to minimize the portion of large cent strike included on the half cent planchet, so the cent edge is positioned at K-2.5 to K-5.5 (across from the cent dentils). May seem like a lot of time and effort to produce a single half cent planchet, but these were real money at the time and planchets were hard to come by. A wonderful early mint error. Weight 112.7 grains. Davy #95.5b.1.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Stack's 2/4/72:191.
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