Lot 409
1803 S-243 R2 Stemless Wreath with Doubled Fraction Bar F12. Double Struck/Obverse Brockage Maker. Glossy chocolate brown with minor roughness hiding under the glossy patina. There are a few specks of reddish verdigris or crud in protected areas of the obverse. No signs of contact on either side. EDS, Breen state I. Double struck, but the doubling shows only on the reverse. This cent was struck normally but failed to eject from the press. Then a new blank planchet was inserted and struck against this cent. The obverse of this cent was pressed into the blank reverse of the new planchet creating an obverse brockage on the other cent. The reverse of this piece was rotated about 5 degrees between impressions creating strong, clear doubling on the wreath and legend. The obverse is not doubled, of course, but it does display the usual blunted details and wavy surface characteristic of a "brockage maker." The stemless wreath and doubled fraction bar features of this reverse are visible but not clear thanks to the doubling. An interesting mint error that's plated in Breen's large cent encyclopedia (Oops chapter, page 842) to illustrate a "Close Overlapping Double Strike." DWH #3267.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/11/07:344.
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