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1798 S-179 R2 Boldly Double Struck Off Center.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
1798 S-179 R2 Boldly Double Struck Off Center.
<Our item number 133730><B>1798 S-179 R2 Boldly Double Struck Off Center. Good-6.</B> Style II Hair with Small 8. Sharpness near F12 but covered with fine to moderate roughness under a slightly glossy dark olive and steel patina. No notable contact marks or verdigris. Double struck. The first strike was normal but the planchet failed to eject completely and a second strike 70% off center to K-3 left the 1 and some of the lower curls of the second strike in the field before the portrait of the first strike. The reverse, however, was struck against the obverse of a previously struck cent leaving an incuse impression of LI &#40;from LIBERTY&#41; right of the T in CENT. This brockage impression does not line up with the obverse impression left by the off-center strike suggesting things were really jammed up at this point. An impressive multiple mint error &#40;double strike, off center, obverse brockage&#41;. The date and legends are clear for what remains of the initial strike. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;800 - 1,000. <I><BR>Ex Michael Arconti, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 7/27/03:39.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 133730<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/133730.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/133730N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>