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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG7

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:499.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 USD and UP
1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG7
1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG7. Sharpness F15 or so but dark with small areas of roughness at the rim on the right and left sides of the obverse. There are some contact marks scattered about both sides, plus a deep punchmark on the leaf below E in UNITED and a scrape on the rim at RI in AMERICA. Glossy very dark olive and steel brown, nearly black. Not the most attractive half cent in this sale, but the die state makes up for at least part of the deficiency. Extremely rare LDS, Manley state 6.0, with strong cud breaks at BE and TY in LIBERTY. Only 3 examples of this state are known (all relatively ugly) and two of those are offered in this sale. The piece offered here is arguably the finest of the three. Davy #08.2.8.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Jim McGuigan 7/25/1984.