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1809 C-4 R2 Repunched 0 in Date, Large over Small AU58

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD and UP
1809 C-4 R2 Repunched 0 in Date, Large over Small AU58
1809 C-4 R2 Repunched 0 in Date, Large over Small AU58. Glossy tan and light brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints. Ample traces of lustrous light golden brown faded down from mint color remain in the protected areas on both sides. The only marks are four barely visible thin scuffs or dull scratches in the field above the back of the head and a couple very shallow planchet flakes in the field above star 1, as struck. E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. The dies are still sharp and the dentilation is complete. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees CW and is slightly misaligned to K-5. The small 0 inside the normal 0 in the date is clear. Apparently the mint worker used the wrong numeral punch, then corrected his mistake but failed to efface the evidence of his error. Stuff happens. This is the Manley plate coin for the variety (large photos) and for state 1.0, both on page 207. Noyes photo #73615.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Joseph's Coin Shop (St. Louis, MO) 3/1979-Jim McGuigan 4/16/1986-Jules Reiver 2/22/1999 (in trade).