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1797 C-2 R3 VG8

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:190.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1797 C-2 R3 VG8
1797 C-2 R3 VG8. Slightly Off Center with Clipped Planchet. Sharpness VF20 but dark and lightly corroded under a rather glossy very dark olive and steel patina. The roughness is strongest at the bottom of the reverse, but the date and legends remain clear. There are a few specks of shallow verdigris on both sides, but they are not a distraction. A curved, beveled planchet clip affects the dentils left of the cap and the opposing ones at TED-S, and the strike was 5% off center to K-2. Weight 89.0 grains.
Estimated Value $400-UP.

Provenance: Ex Stack's 2/1972:194-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:82 (lot ticket and Cohen collection envelope included).