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1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge AG3

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:46.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge AG3
1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge AG3. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Slightly sharper with a half dozen greenish pit marks on the obverse plus a couple tiny ones on the reverse. Rather glossy olive brown with lighter chocolate brown toning covering the devices. No contact marks, but there is a thin planchet crack off the bust tip. Struck on a planchet cut from a large cent that was struck way off center. A strongly impressed arc of dentils from the large cent shows at the top of the reverse, and the opposing area at the bottom of the date is depressed suggesting there was an indent error on that side of the large cent. The date remains easily readable although the bottom of the 797 is weakened by the indent. Weight 77.4 grains.
Estimated Value $100-UP.

Provenance: Ex Wayne Hardenburg (bourse dealer) 10/12/1980.