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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. Double Struck over Slightly Off Center Obverse Brockage. The obverse is very slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker. Rather glossy chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning covering the fields and protected areas. The two-tone appearance accents the designs and aids the eye appeal of an otherwise well worn half cent. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth with microscopic roughness under the natural toning. Double struck. The first strike was an obverse brockage struck slightly off center to K-6. The second strike was normal and centered on the planchet. Strong evidence from the first strike shows from the top of the head down to the chin, and the shift between strikes is about a millimeter wide in most places. Similar doubling shows at the bust tip, and the top of the second 8 from the first strike shows just right of the date from the centered strike. Evidence of the incuse obverse brockage of the first strike shows at the bottom of the reverse. The incuse profile of the top of the head passes through the numerator and the tops of some letters of LIBERTY extend through the denominator, but they are not as obvious as the obverse undertype. An interesting mint error, but unfortunately in low grade as so often seen for these early "mistakes." Davy #08.3.5.
Estimated Value $100-UP.

Provenance: Ex William K. Raymond 12/6/1974.