Lot 144
1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet VG8. Struck on a planchet cut from a copper die trial of the 1795 half dollar Overton-117, Judd-22, variety. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. No corrosion or verdigris, only tiny nicks scattered over the fields on both sides. Otherwise this piece is close to VG10. EDS, Manley state 1.0, without any hint of a bulge right of the Y in LIBERTY. Struck over a cut-down copper trial strike of a 1795 Overton-117 half dollar, which is listed as a pattern strike in the Judd book on US patterns, J-22. Evidence of the half dollar is relatively obvious on this piece, which is not the case for several of the pieces confirmed as having been struck over a half dollar die trial. "LIBERTY" from the undertype shows at the top of the cap extending to the Y in LIBERTY of the half cent, and portions of the undertype wreath show at ED-ST and elsewhere on the reverse. There is enough undertype to positively attribute the undertype to the O-117/J-22 die variety. By our count only 6 examples of the 1795 C-6a half cent are known struck over cut-down copper trial strikes of 1794 & 1795 half dollars. This specific coin is mentioned on page 152 of the Breen half cent encyclopedia and it is plated on page 476 in the "Whoops" chapter in that same reference. Manley mentions this piece on page 63 in his book where he lists the three examples known to him at the time. An extremely rare and significant piece. Weight 77.0 grains. Davy #95.6a.10.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Charles L. Ruby, Superior 2/11/74:196-University of Wisconsin sale, Superior 10/3/77:133.
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