Lot 313
1805 C-1 R2- Stemless Wreath G5. Double Struck Reverse. Very slightly sharper but this piece was lightly cleaned and recolored an attractive glossy chocolate and steel brown. The surfaces are smooth without any hint of corrosion or verdigris. The notable marks are a small pinprick in the field above the bust tip and a fine vertical hairline scratch over the L in HALF. The reverse is clearly double struck with an offset of about a half millimeter between impressions, clearest on the wreath. The obverse, however, displays no trace of doubling. While it is possible the obverse was struck against a new blank planchet during the second strike, there is no hint of swelling that is evidence of being a brockage maker. One possibility is that the obverse stuck to the die and the coin was struck a second time by both dies without any shift between strikes on the obverse side. Another option is that this is a dramatic example of a chatter strike error (caused by die bounce or operator error). The repunching above the 5 remains sharp and the stemless wreath feature is obvious. Davy #05.1.15.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Source unrecorded 4/15/1995.
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