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1817 N-13 R1 PCGS VF Detail Damage

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1817 N-13 R1 PCGS VF Detail Damage
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This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 29 @ 19:49UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Sharpness F15, perhaps slightly better, but there are two scratches in the field right of the main curl. The surfaces are smooth and there are no other defects. Glossy light olive and bluish steel. Early die state without a die crack connecting stars 1-3. The "Damage" mentioned by PCGS is really a mint error. This cent was struck two times, and both strikes were reasonably well centered on the planchet. The first strike was normal but the coin failed to eject from the coining chamber and a new blank planchet was inserted and struck. During the second strike the obverse die made a slightly shifted second impression on the obverse of this cent while the reverse was pressed into the new planchet, thereby creating a reverse brockage impression on the second cent. The characteristic swelling associated with being a brockage maker is evident on the reverse of this piece. A neat mint error. Our grade is net VG10. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label.

Ex Jules Reiver, Heritage Auctions 1/24/2006:19726-Jim Neiswinter Collection, Goldbergs 1/27/2019:77-Doctor Thomas Wachtel Collection (includes the Reiver and Neiswinter collection envelopes and both lot tickets)