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1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 PCGS graded AU53

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,900.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 USD and UP
1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 PCGS graded AU53
1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7. PCGS graded AU-53. Glossy medium chocolate brown mixed with darker chocolate and olive brown on both sides. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and virtually flawless. The best identifying marks, and they are microscopic, are a shallow planchet flake left of the O in OF and a tiny hairline scratch above the first A in AMERICA. Nicely struck EDS, Manley state 1.0, without any hint of a die crack through the top of RTY. There is fine doubling (from die bounce) on the date, BERTY, bust tip, and on parts of the profile. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. This is a choice example of a very popular "Redbook" variety, and the overdate feature is obvious. Our grade is EF45. Listed as CC#6 in the Mike Spurlock census, CC#4 in the Jim McGuigan list, and CC#3 in the Breen list. Obviously this is an important half cent for serious collectors. And it comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Walter D. McCaw, Thomas L. Elder 5/29/1940:1334-Charles J. Dupont (Anderson-Dupont Sale), Stack's 11/11/1954:1094-Herbert M. Oechsner, Stack's 9/8/1988:11 (as AU50)-(via Tony Terranova)-Gene Reale FPL (as AU55) 8/31/1994-Richard Coleman 10/6/1998-Barry Abrahams 5/15/2007 (as part of a 74-piece half cent sale)-M. R. (Russ) Butcher 12/9/2007.