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Blank Planchet for 2-Cent Piece, Stage I EF40

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:499.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 USD and UP
Blank Planchet for 2-Cent Piece, Stage I EF40
Blank Planchet for 2-Cent Piece, Stage I EF40. Glossy light chocolate brown with splashes of darker chocolate brown on both sides. No roughness or other notable defects. The rims are not upset, Breen's stage I of the preparation process. Diameter 24.0 millimeters, weight 99.4 grains. Both measurements are consistent with the 2-cent pieces of 1864-1873, which were struck to standards of 23.0 millimeters and 96 plus or minus 4 grains. While the standard diameter of 23.0 is a full millimeter smaller than this planchet, you must keep in mind that upsetting the rims (stage II of the process) will decrease the diameter. A very rare blank planchet, the only one we have seen for our 2-cent piece. Davy #58.1.3.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Lanny Reinhardt 4/16/1999.