Lot 31
1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole on Thick Planchet G6. Struck over a Spoiled Large Cent with Off Center Reverse Brockage. Very slightly sharper but there is a small patch of shallow greenish verdigris at the T in CENT and a few faint hairline scratches hidden in the patina on the reverse. Mostly glossy dark olive and steel. The date is very faint, virtually gone, and the legends are mostly visible. Struck on a spoiled large cent with an off center reverse brockage. The normal cent reverse is located on the obverse of the half cent with AM at the top of the cap and several leaves show in the field left of the cap. The incuse reverse brockage impression shows at NITED STATES O on the half cent reverse. Incuse retrograde ITED from the large cent brockage is visible at TES-O and incuse leaves are visible at NITED ST. This piece is plated in Roger Cohen's second edition of his half cent book (page 22). Weight 103.4 grains. Davy #95.5b.7.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Jon Hanson-Ray D. Munde-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:56.
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