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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:46.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 USD and UP
1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5
1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Rather glossy light olive and steel with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. No notable marks, but both sides display traces of very fine roughness, especially on the upper part of the reverse. Double struck. The obverse was struck by the die two times. One strike (probably the first) was normal and centered on the planchet. The other strike (probably the second) was slightly off center to the right bottom (perhaps the K-4 position) and rotated about 10 degrees CW relative to the centered impression. The result is two dates, one in the normal position and another tucked slightly below with the 09 clearly visible under the normal 09. Doubling also shows at the throat and in the curls at the back of the portrait. The reverse was struck two times as well. The first strike was by the reverse die and is centered. The second strike was against a new blank planchet inserted only half way into the coining chamber. An impressed arc from the blank planchet shows on the upper half of the reverse, and this extra strike created an off center reverse brockage on the new planchet. Struck with the dies in a relatively early state as the repunching on the 9 is clear. An interesting multiple mint error. Davy #09.5.16.
Estimated Value $100-UP.

Provenance: Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/1988 (during the ANA Convention).