Lot 298
1804 Restrike. NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. No spots or stains, but there is a dull, deep dent hidden in the hair right of the ribbon knot, and it has created a slight bulge at O and CE in ONE CENT. Both sides show extensive die rust and the obverse has obvious die cracks including a final one from the hair left of the neck to the upper lip. LDS, Breen state II. Die lapping has weakened the central details and left flat spots in the hair and on the neck. These were struck outside the mint circa 1860 using scrap mint dies; the obverse die being a modified version of the 1803 S-261 while the reverse is from the 1820 N-12. Our grade is MS60 sharpness net EF45. NGC Population 17; 8 finer, 1 in 64+, 4 in 65, and 3 in 66.
Estimated Value $650-UP.
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