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1803 Draped Bust Cent

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
1803 Draped Bust Cent
<Our item number 95509><B>1803 Draped Bust Cent. S-<B>243, R2+</B>. VF-20 Double Struck. Stemless Wreath with Double Fraction Bar.</B> Glossy chocolate brown with minor roughness hiding under the glossy patina. There are a few specks of reddish verdigris or crud in protected areas of the obverse. No signs of contact on either side. EDS, Breen state I. Double struck, but the doubling shows only on the reverse. This cent was struck normally but failed to eject from the press. Then a new blank planchet was inserted and struck against this cent. The obverse of this cent was pressed into the blank reverse of the new planchet creating an obverse brockage on the other cent. The reverse of this piece was rotated about 5 degrees between impressions creating strong, clear doubling on the wreath and legend. The obverse is not doubled, of course, but it does display the usual blunted details and wavy surface characteristic of a &#34;brockage maker.&#34; The stemless wreath and doubled fraction bar features of this rever se are present but not clear thanks to the doubling. An interesting mint error. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,000-2,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 95509<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/095509.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/39jpegs/095509N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>