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1808 C-3 R1 VF30

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 USD and UP
1808 C-3 R1 VF30
1808 C-3 R1 VF30. Ten points sharper but there is a small spot of raised hard verdigris at the dentils left of the date. The remainder of the planchet is smooth and attractive. The only significant contact mark is a horizontal nick on the left side of the O in OF. Glossy light olive and steel with a couple small areas of darker olive toning on both sides and lots of frosty tan and light golden brown toning in protected areas. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a fine die crack from the rim to the left foot of the I in UNITED. Both dies are worn and flowlined and the details have become mushy. This piece is plated in the first edition of the Cohen half cent book to illustrate the variety. Davy #08.3.23.
Estimated Value $350-UP.

Provenance: Ex Lester Merkin 3/1969:615-Roger Cohen-R. Tettenhorst-Roger Cohen-Jim McGuigan-Bill Weber-Russell Wyatt sale, Superior 9/30/1985:161 (where plated)-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:254.