Lot 56
1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole on a 1794 Overton-102 Half Dollar Die Trial in Copper G5. Struck on a Cut-Down Copper Die Trial of a 1794 Overton-102 Half Dollar. Sharpness VG10, even better on the reverse, but both sides are covered with fine granularity. No verdigris, but there is a strong rim nick over the second T in STATES and a scratch from the H in HALF down to the knot on the wreath bow. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel. The date is weak but easily readable and the legends are strong. This half cent was struck over a copper die trial of a 1794 half dollar. There is clear undertype from a portion of the half dollar wreath off the bust tip. The very bottom of a large "C" from AMERICA off the leaf tips at the upper end of this undertype. There isn't much undertype to work with on this example (none on the reverse), but there is enough to match it to the 1794 O-102 reverse and to eliminate all the other possibilities. By our count, 6 examples of the 1795 C-6a half cent are known struck over a cut-down copper die trial of a 1794 or 1795 half dollar. Our census includes 1794 O-101 (1), 1794 O-102 (1), 1794 O-104(1), 1794 O-105 (2), and 1795 O-117 (1). It may be safe to assume there are a few more out there misidentified as being double struck or struck over a TAL Cent. Weight 75.1 grains. Davy #95.6a.39.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena (as double struck).
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