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1808 C-3 R1 G5

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:46.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 USD and UP
1808 C-3 R1 G5
1808 C-3 R1 G5. Triple Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. A point or two sharper but there are a couple dozen tiny pits scattered over the right half of the obverse, the largest of these off the tip of the bust. Mostly glossy steel brown and chocolate with a few spots of darker olive toning on the left side of the obverse. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with the reverse rotated 15 degrees CCW. Struck at least three times. The obverse displays two strikes, the first slightly off center to the bottom and the second nearly centered on the planchet. Strong doubling with an offset near a millimeter shows on the profile from the top of the head to under the tip of the bust, and the date is distorted as well. The reverse shows evidence of three strikes, and only two of these line up with the obverse impressions. There is clear doubling on the right half of the wreath, clearest in the leaves under ICA and below the first A in AMERICA. In addition, there is an off center incuse obverse brockage impression of the ends of the hair ribbons at the top of the wreath and an arc of incuse dentils through the center of the wreath extending to OF. There was a lot going on here, and it took our mint several attempts to get this one right--or nearly so. Davy #08.3.35.
Estimated Value $100-UP.

Provenance: Ex George Trostel, 2002 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/20/2002:64.