Lot 331
1814 S-295 R1 Plain 4. PCGS graded AU-53. CAC Approved. Double Struck Obverse Brockage Maker. Attractive frosty medium chocolate brown with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on the obverse. No hint of roughness or verdigris, and the only notable marks are a nick well-hidden in the hair under the R in LIBERTY and a dull pinprick just left of the curl at the base of the neck. MDS, Breen state V, with a fine die crack that arcs through star 11 and the lowest curl and on through the 8 to the dentils below. There is no crumbling on the profile. This cent was struck two times. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet but the cent failed to eject and a blank planchet was inserted into the coining chamber resting against the obverse of this cent when the dies struck a second time. There was a rotation of about 20 degrees CW between the two strikes on the reverse and shifted doubling is evident on nearly every device. The obverse displays the characteristic subtle wavy appearance associated with have been pressed into a blank planchet, thereby creating an obverse brockage impression on the "reverse" of the second planchet. Another great mint error that is easy to explain. Our grade is EF45+. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 15 finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36517) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex an unrecorded source at a St. Louis coin show 11/1988.
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