Lot 423
1813 S-292 R2 AG3. Double Struck Off Center. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate blending to darker olive in a few places. The surfaces are smooth with just a few small contact marks. Double struck. The first strike was centered on the planchet and the second was 40% off center on the obverse while the reverse was struck against a new blank planchet positioned slightly more than 50% off center (thereby creating an off center reverse brockage). The date from the off center strike is clear but the one from the first strike was obliterated by the second. Two heads are clearly visible, as is the impressed arc on the reverse from the off center blank planchet. An obvious and dramatic mint error in spite of the low grade.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Michael Arconti, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 7/27/03:74.
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