Lot 468
1823 Private Restrike AU50. Double Struck with Faux Reverse Brockage. Lustrous light chocolate brown with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint color remaining on both sides. There is very little if any wear and no contact marks, but the strike is very unusual. Double struck. It appears the first strike was normal. Then the coin was placed between a scored support base (perhaps the support base for a die) and the reverse of another properly struck 1823 Restrike cent and the sandwich was squeezed. The squeeze was strong enough to leave an incuse brockage image of the reverse on top of the normal reverse and the scored designs from the support base on the obverse. In addition, this extra "strike" increased the diameter of the coin to 29.5 millimeters. The die state was early, before any die cracks, and the fields are reflective. This indicates the strike came very early in the production sequence for these pieces, most likely in 1862. A very curious piece that is reported to have come from the Joseph J. Mickley estate. Attributing this whimsy to Mickley makes sense since he was responsible for producing the early die state examples of these restrikes. Weight 152.3 grains.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Robert Reithe (Main Line Coin & Stamp)-Richard Gross-Dave Wnuck-Chris McCawley.
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