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1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4, No Stems VF30

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4, No Stems VF30
SOLD
400.00USD+ (60.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Jun 24 @ 18:40UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Triple Struck with Detached Tab. Fifteen points sharper but there is a swipe of fine verdigris near the rim before the chin and a trace of microscopic roughness at the L in LIBERTY. There are tiny specks of microscopic roughness scattered over the reverse plus a few contact marks, including a thin nick on the bust and a dull one in the hair right of the ribbon. Only the crud before the chin is distracting. Frosty chocolate and steel with flowline luster covering the protected areas. This piece was struck three times. Two of the strikes were centered on the planchet with an offset between impressions of no more than a half millimeter (the width of a dentil), clearest on the reverse. The third strike was 95% off center creating a tab at the bust tip and S-OF, and the tab shows clear dentils from the die on both sides. The tab was so heavily struck (all the pressure of the coining press was concentrated in a very small place) that its attachment to the half cent was tenuous--and it broke off. Perhaps the mint workers intentionally removed it before releasing the coin, but it's gone. Another very interesting error half cent. MDS, Manley state 2.0.
Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 11/11/1988-R. Tettenhorst (The Davy Collection), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/19/2010:187 (lot ticket included)
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