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1808 C-3 R1 F15

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:56.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 USD and UP
1808 C-3 R1 F15
1808 C-3 R1 F15. Chatter Struck Obverse. Ten points sharper but there are too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade. These include a fine hairline scratch from the bust tip into the field off the chin and another vertical one just left of the lower curls, plus many tiny nicks scattered over both sides and a dull pinprick over the H in HALF. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and the color is a very attractive glossy chocolate brown mixed with some slightly lighter brown tones on the obverse. Nicely struck E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with the reverse rotated 165 degrees CW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation. The obverse displays strong evidence of a chatter strike (die bounce, similar to the preceding lot). There is sharp but narrow doubling on the date, curls under the ribbon, RTY, and bust truncation above the date. The reverse shows no trace of doubling, which suggests the bouncing hammer die (the die that moves in the press) was the obverse. An attractive piece in spite of the marks. Davy #08.3.20.
Estimated Value $150-UP.

Provenance: Ex Don Valenziano 9/14/1988.