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1808 C-3 R1 G4 but Holed

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:99.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD and UP
1808 C-3 R1 G4 but Holed
1808 C-3 R1 G4 but Holed. Off Center. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with smooth surfaces and no defects other than a small hole drilled through the planchet above the right top of the Y in LIBERTY. Half of this hole is positioned on the unstruck portion of the planchet and the remainder goes through some dentils. Struck 20% off center to K-7.5. Most of the date is off the planchet but the very top of the 0 and more of the top of the second 8 remain visible on the planchet. A very rare type of mint error for half cents struck in the 1800's. Too bad about the small hole, but people didn't show much respect for mint errors in the "old days." Davy #08.3.13.
Estimated Value $200-UP.

Provenance: Ex Melnick auction, 11/19/1982:123.