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1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG10.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:0.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG10.
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG10. Triple Struck Off Center over Off Center Reverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with darker steel toning over parts of the reverse. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth and there are just a few minor marks, including a small rim nick just left of the date and a dull one over ED in UNITED. This piece was struck at least three times. One strike is centered on the planchet, and under this is an off center reverse brockage with clear remnants of the incuse fraction at the bust tip. An impression of an off center blank planchet arcs down through the O in OF into the wreath. The most interesting strike was 90% off center at K-9 leaving LIB visible behind the portrait and the U from UNITED over TE in UNITED. A neat multiple mint error. Sometimes you have to wonder how much time and energy was invested by our mint workers in some of these "lowly" half cents. Davy #04.13.36.
Estimated Value $500-UP.

Provenance: Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/92:52.