Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

The Davy Collection of Half Cent Errors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 301		1810 C-1 R1 VG10. Misaligned Dies. A couple points sharper but there is a dull rim nick under the 10 in the date and another at star 4. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and attractive. Glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter chocolate toning on the devices. Struck with the dies rotated 90 degrees CCW and the obverse clearly misaligned to K-3.5. Davy #10.1.11. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 8/18/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 302		1810 C-1 R1 G5. Misaligned Dies. Slightly sharper but there are some digs at star 3 and a rim nick over the second T in STATES, plus a couple additional minor marks on both sides. Glossy chocolate brown with smooth surfaces. Struck with the reverse rotated 80 degrees CCW and the obverse misaligned to K-3.5. Very similar to the preceding lot. Davy #10.1.9. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Stack's (OTC)-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:287. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $104
Lot 303		1811 C-1 R4 G5. Chatter Strike. Slightly sharper but covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris, but there are some faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a subtle dent in the leaves under NT in CENT that resulted in a slight bulge in the head above BERT. Mostly glossy light olive brown and steel. Double struck with a small offset, less than a half millimeter clockwise rotation. The doubling is clearest on the date and dentils. The digits of the date appear considerably thinner than normal thanks to the shifted strike. There is no evidence of similar doubling on the reverse, but there is a series of tiny depressions at the dentil tips over AMER, and these suggest an earlier brockage impression. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #11.1.12. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:291. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $506
Lot 304		1811 C-1 R4 G5. Double Struck in Collar with Minor Rotation. A point or two sharper but covered with uniform microscopic porosity. No verdigris, and the only mark is a tiny rim nick at the first A in AMERICA. Slightly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. Double struck with a very small offset between the impressions. The small shift between impressions resulted in severe distortion on stars 1-7, thin numerals in the date, and doubled berries and leaves in the wreath. LDS, Manley state 5.0, with a strong cud break at stars 1-4. Davy #11.1.13. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Lanny Reinhardt 4/24/03. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 305		1811 C-1 R4 Fair-2+. Two-Star Cud Break. Sharpness G6 or so but covered with moderate roughness. No verdigris, but there are some dull contact marks on the right bottom of the reverse and an old vertical scratch up from star 13. The date is easily readable, as is most of the legend, but parts of AMERICA are lost in the roughness. Dark steel and olive. Extremely rare M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a cud break connecting stars 1 & 2 to the rim. The cud break is strong, in fact it is the strongest feature on the coin. That may explain why Roger Cohen selected this piece to illustrate the die state in the first edition of his book on the series (page 65). About seven are known in this die state, and all of them are in relatively low grade with defects. And, no, this really isn't a mint error--unless you want to call using a broken die an error in judgment. Davy #11.1.11. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex Lanny Reinhardt, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/5/91:22. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 306		1811 C-2 R3 G5. Tab Double Strike. Slightly sharper but there are a few contact marks, mostly added in an attempt to tap down the tab to make the coin more presentable in commercial channels. The notable marks are a small dig left of star 6 and a couple light rim bruises under the 11 in the date. Glossy chocolate and steel. No corrosion or verdigris, and the surfaces are smooth except for the contact marks. Double struck. One strike was centered on the planchet and the other was 95% off center creating a tab above star 7 that includes an arc of dentils. The tab is nearly identical to the tabs on several other pieces in this sale, both in terms of position and percent off center. This suggests the planchets were being entered and removed from the press at a similar angle, and an error in the placement of a planchet would cause a nip or tab in the same general area. Seeing such a large group of these errors at one time lets you see patterns that may remain hidden otherwise. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #11.2.9. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:295. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 307		1811 C-2 R3 VG10+. Large Planchet Clip. Sharpness near F15 but there is a dull dent just right of the F in OF that caused a bulge at star 13, and a rim nick is visible over star 9. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and show only a few minor contact marks. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned but the color is attractive. A large, curved planchet clip touches stars 12 & 13 and nearly touches the final digit in the date. The top of the F in OF was lost to the clip. This is one of the largest arc clips in the series, perhaps the largest. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #11.2.11. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Julian Leidman 6/9/93. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 308		1811 C-2 R3 G5. End-of-Strip Tapered Planchet Clip. A couple points sharper but covered with fine granularity under a mostly glossy chocolate brown patina. No verdigris and only trivial marks, including a small rim nick over the E in STATES. The planchet was cut from the end of the planchet strip. The planchet is incomplete left of stars 3-5 and it is beveled in that area causing a very weak strike at stars 2-6 and on UNITED. The date and remainder of the legends are all strong. The weight is only 77.9 grains, considerably under the normal 84.0 grain standard. EDS. Davy #11.2.7. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4369, 2/27/88:405. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 309		1825 C-2 R1 VG10. Flipover Triple Strike. A couple points sharper but covered with extremely fine roughness, mostly on the reverse. No marks or verdigris. This piece was struck at least three times and was flipped over once. The evidence of these events is sparse but strong. The "T" from CENT is positioned atop the curl on the neck, and it is obvious to the unaided eye. In addition, there is a leaf on the bust tip, and it is clear as well. The "T" and leaf could not have been from the same strike; hence a minimum of three strikes were required. There is no trace of an extra impression on the reverse, so explaining exactly what happened here is out of the question. M-LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #25.2.16. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 1/13/2000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 310		1825 C-2 R1 F15. Double Struck with Rotation/Obverse Brockage Maker. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. Smooth, corrosion free-surfaces with only a few trivial contact marks. A dull rim nick at TA in STATES is the only defect worthy of mention. Double struck. Both impressions were centered on the planchet but rotated 80 degrees between the strikes. The doubling is obvious on the reverse, especially inside the wreath. There is no doubling on the obverse. Instead that side was pressed against a blank planchet during the second strike creating an obverse brockage. The swelling or puffiness that occurs on the "brockage maker" (the obverse in this case) is obvious. Davy #25.2.11. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Richard Gross (the "Baltimore Collection") via Ron Guth 3/20/83. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 311		1825 C-2 R1 F12. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown. Double struck. There is an arc of dentils 65% off center across the bottom of the reverse touching the bottom of the C & E in CENT, but no other die details from an off center strike are visible. On the obverse there are impressions on the rim at the opposing places (exactly opposite the obverse arc), but nothing else from a die. This suggests the obverse was pressed against a blank planchet rather than the die during this strike. And it appears the off center strike came first. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #25.2.17. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Rick DeSanctis, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 8/1/2002:2467. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 312		1825 C-2 R1 VF20. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy olive and steel mixed with chocolate brown. The only mark is a dull depression on the rim at the bottom of the reverse, and this was caused by an off center strike. Double struck. One impression was centered on the planchet and another was positioned 25% off center. It appears the off center strike came first. There is an arc of impressed dentils (caused by a die) from the rim over star 7 through the cap. A lighter arc of dentils shows in the leaves under ICA to the rim under the wreath. These dentils appear to have been impressed by a struck half cent rather than by a die. That would make the first strike an off center brockage that was restruck to create a "normal" half cent. And that would make sense. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with a bar on the edge at star 11 (possibly created by a broken collar) and the reverse rotated 15 degrees CW. Davy #25.2.18. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Doug Bird 6/95. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 313		1825 C-2 R1 VF25. Double (or Triple) Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy light reddish chocolate with olive toning on the high points of the reverse. No defects other than a thin nick right of the lower lip and a few marks caused by an off center strike, including an obvious depression on the rim over ES in STATES. Double or triple struck. One impression was an obverse brockage about 75% off center leaving an incuse star and an arc of dentils at the 18 in the date with an opposing depression at the rim over ES (most likely caused by a blank planchet). In addition, there is an arc of dentils 35% off center at HA in HALF to the rim at OF but no opposing arc on the obverse. This arc suggests there were three strikes on this planchet as a wreck occurred in the press. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0 early. Davy #25.2.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 1/8/91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 314		1825 C-2 R1 VG8. Off Center. Sharpness F12 but the planchet displays some fine roughness on both sides. No verdigris, but there are a couple dull scratches right of the date. Cleaned and retoned a slightly glossy light olive brown and chocolate. Struck 50% off center to K-12.5. The off center impression allows us to see a small but clearly defined rim cud break left of star 1. Davy #25.2.4. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 9/8/86. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,128
Lot 315		1825 C-2 R1 G6. Off Center. Glossy medium brown with darker olive toning in protected areas. A small spot of reddish chocolate toning on the second S in STATES is the only mark. Struck 35% off center to K-1. A clean, well-balanced piece that is easy to understand. Davy #25.2.3. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 9/8/86. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,680
Lot 316		1825 C-2 R1 VG10. Off Center. Very attractive glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces with just a few light marks, including some old pinscratches at stars 1 & 2 and a few more under HALF. Struck 35% off center to K-2. Very similar to the preceding two lots. We can only guess why these patterns occur. Davy #25.2.6. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Joe Flynn 10/78. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,220
Lot 317		1825 C-2 R1 VG8. Cracked Planchet. Slightly sharper but there are some fine vertical scratches on the portrait. Glossy light chocolate brown and steel. The planchet is cracked from the rim at star 5 through star 4 to the junction of the neck and bust. The crack also shows from the rim through the N in UNITED to the H in HALF. The crack is obvious on both sides. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #25.2.19. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Massachusetts Historical Society, Bowers & Merena 11/18/94:3321. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 318		1826 C-1 R1 VF35. Double Struck with Rotation/Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Frosty olive brown and chocolate. Sharply struck and very attractive for the grade. No notable defects. Double struck. Both strikes were centered on the planchet but rotated 30 degrees between the impressions. The reverse was struck by the die on the second strike while the obverse was against a new blank planchet positioned 45% off center creating an off center brockage impression. The doubling on the reverse is bold, especially inside the wreath where the amount of die rotation is obvious. A bold example of this type of error offering excellent eye appeal. LDS, Manley state 5.0. Davy #26.1.5. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex NASCA auction 7/81:501. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,128
Lot 319		1826 C-1 R1 VF20. Uniface Obverse. Sharpness EF40 but there is a deep dig over the 8 in the date and a smaller one at the top of star 3. Otherwise this piece is smooth and attractive. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown toning covering the protected areas. The obverse is normal while the reverse is very blurry thanks to a uniface strike. Apparently two planchets were placed into the press at the same time creating a uniface impression on each. Virtually identical to the 1809 C-6 with a uniface reverse offered earlier in this sale. The blurry image suggests a wreath design while the "blank" side of the 1809 uniface reverse had a very faint image of Ms Liberty. Breen was unaware of any half cent with a uniface obverse and only the single 1809 with the uniface reverse. A great rarity and a perfect mate for the 1809. Weight 86.0 grains, which is a bit heavy based on the 84.0 grain standard. MDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #26.1.6. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Mike Packard 5/11/90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 320		1828 C-1 R1 AU55. Double or Triple Struck over Tab Obverse Brockage. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown. Very little if any friction on the high points, but there are a few marks. These include some tiny ticks above the 28 in the date and a short scratch right of star 3. Double or triple struck. One strike was a 95% off center obverse brockage at stars 6 & 7 that left behind a strong arc of dentils. Another strike (perhaps occurring simultaneous with the off center brockage) was only slightly off center and left behind the 1828 date at UN and the tip of the wreath ribbon. This extra date is directly opposite the off center brockage at stars 6 & 7, so they are related somehow. The tab created by the off center strike was gently tapped down to return the planchet to its intended circular shape. A really interesting mint error, and having two dates (one on each side) is a big plus. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #28.1.4. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Joe Flynn 9/11/81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 321		1828 C-1 R1 F12. Double Struck Off Center/Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with some lighter brown toning at MER. Smooth surfaces offering excellent eye appeal for the grade. The only contact marks are a very light rim bruise over the first T in STATES and at ME in AMERICA. Double struck. The first strike was an 80% off center reverse brockage impression that left TES from STATES on the bottom of the wreath and part of the F in OF on the rim over the C in AMERICA. The opposing arc on the obverse was struck against a blank planchet rather than the obverse die, thus creating an off center brockage on that planchet. Another really neat mint error (although there are so many in this sale that you risk becoming spoiled). MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #28.1.8. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 322		1828 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Struck Off Center/Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Sharpness VF20 with numerous contact marks scattered over the obverse, including a dull nick right of the mouth and a shallow depression in the field off the tip of the nose. No corrosion or verdigris. Glossy medium brown with chocolate and steel toning on the high points. Double struck. One strike (probably the second) was centered on the planchet and another (probably the first) was 25% off center and rotated 30 degrees. Strong evidence of the two strikes shows on the reverse, including CENT in the wreath under UNI into the ribbon. The obverse was struck against a new blank planchet during the off center strike creating a brockage impression. An impressed arc from the blank planchet shows from the bust tip through the lowest curl and stars 8 & 9 to the rim above. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #28.1.10. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Randy Wellman 5/19/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 323		1828 C-1 R1 Counterstamped EF40. Counterstamped "J.D.M." Savannah Georgia Steamship Brunk M-32 (old Brunk #21245), Rulau Ga-10 Rarity-6. Choice glossy chocolate brown. The obverse is nearly covered with a counterstamp of the paddlewheel steamboat John David Morgan. That vessel steamed out of Savannah, Georgia, from 1828 to 1836. The raised letters "J.D.M." are under the ship. These counterstamped half cents apparently were used as fare tickets and were surrendered upon boarding, but their exact use remains unconfirmed. The counterstamp was very carefully added with a die rather than a set of punches, and the die fit perfectly over the half cent. The 1828 date of the half cent is clearly visible at the bottom of the counterstamp, which is nicely centered and evenly impressed on this piece. These are known overstruck on half cents dated 1811 and 1828, the latter the more common host. A very attractive example of this important piece of early Southern Americana. Weight 84.2 grains. Davy #28.1.6. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex Presidential Coin and Antiques auction 6/14/86-Julian Leidman 6/24/86. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 324		1828 C-2 R1 12-Star Obverse F15+. Double Struck Off Center/Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Very attractive glossy light chocolate brown. Sharpness close to VF20 but there are a few too many tiny contact marks for the higher grade, mostly on the bust and in the field before the portrait. Double struck. The first strike was normal and properly centered on the planchet. The second strike was 90% off center leaving parts of ES-OF on the rim over UNIT. The opposing arc on the obverse was against a blank planchet rather than the obverse die, thereby creating an off center brockage impression on that planchet. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #28.2.9. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Ron Guth-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $316
Lot 325		1828 C-2 R1 12-Star Obverse F12. Misaligned Dies. Slightly sharper with some small nicks scattered over both sides, including a small rim nick at the first T in STATES. Glossy light chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas. The obverse is badly misaligned to K-4.5 while the reverse is properly centered on the planchet. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #28.2.11. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Doug Bird 8/14/91. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 326		1828 C-2 R1 12-Star Obverse G4. Errant Planchet Cutter Impression. Cleaned and retoned a slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate. The only contact mark is a fine scratch over CENT. The date and legends are clear. Nothing special except for the strong planchet cutter arc from outside star 3 to above the head. Breen discusses this type of mint error on page 470 of his half cent encyclopedia where he calls it an "indented circular arc" and says it is "very rare." Davy #28.2.12. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Jim Young 4/23/94. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 327		1828 C-3 R1 AU55. Double Struck Off Center/Off Center Brockage Maker. Lustrous reddish steel brown and light chocolate with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint red. Just a hint of friction on the highest points from mint state. Double struck. The first impression was an 80% off center reverse brockage. Part of a "T" shows on the rim under the 2 in the date and a piece of some other letter is visible under the first 8. An opposing arc of dentils that appear to be from a brockage rather than from a die is clearly visible at TATES. The letters on the rim under the date were struck with the planchet at an angle, so things were getting jammed up. MDS. Davy #28.3.9. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 7/28/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 328		1828 C-3 R1 VF20. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Ten points sharper with small contact marks scattered over both sides. Most of these marks are lost in all the "busyness" that comes from the rotated double strike, but a few do stand out. These include a fine scratch down through the back of the ear, another across the bottom of the wreath, and a few tiny rim bruises on the left side of the reverse. Double struck. Both impressions were centered on the planchet but were rotated 25 degrees CCW between the strikes. Strong evidence of each strike is visible on both sides, including a date that now reads "18218828". Reading the legend outside the wreath presents a similar challenge. Another very impressive mint error. Davy #28.3.6. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4152. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,990
Lot 329		1828 C-3 R1 F12. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy steel brown and light chocolate with spots of darker olive toning scattered over the both sides. Possibly retoned. Smooth surfaces with only trivial contact marks. The obverse was struck two times, the first strike slightly off center to the bottom and rotated about 20 degrees relative to the properly centered second strike. The result is two complete dates reading "18218828". The doubling shows only at the bottom of the obverse, which is directly opposite an off center brockage impression of the obverse covering ES-OF. The brockage shows incuse impressions of two stars and the top of the head inside an arc of incuse dentils. This suggests there were two strikes: one normal and centered and the other slightly off center with an off center struck half cent coming between the reverse and the die. Plated on page 482 in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate what he calls "Double struck on partial obverse brockage." Davy #28.3.7. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4369, 2/27/88:406. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 330		1828 C-3 R1 VF25. Flipover Double Strike over Off Center Obverse Brockage. A multiple mint error with a lot going on. Glossy light brown and olive with slightly darker toning on some of the devices. The only notable mark is a fine horizontal scratch across the head at BER. The initial brockage strike was 30% off center to K-2. Evidence of this first impression shows on the left side of the reverse where the face and bust are clear and the date shows at TAT in STATES. The second strike was an obverse brockage 40% off center on the lower left portion of the obverse. This one displays lots of incuse hair details. The third strike was normal and properly centered on both sides but the planchet was flipped over, hence the off center obverse undertype on the reverse. Obviously this one came from a train wreck with poorly paid mint workers at the controls. Several types of mint error are represented on this single planchet. M-LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #28.3.10. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jonathan Kern 4/16/99. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 331		1828 C-3 R1 VF20. Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with a splash of darker olive toning before the face. The only notable contact mark is a small rim nick at the bottom of the obverse where the planchet is unstruck. Struck 30% off center to K-12.5. An attractive, uncomplicated error. MDS. Davy #28.3.2. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 9/8/76. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,290
Lot 332		1829 C-1 R1 F15. Double Struck Off Center. Five points sharper but there are some dull scratches at stars 1 & 2. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. Double struck. The first strike was 40% off center to K-2 and the second was centered on the planchet. The face of Ms Liberty is visible in the back of the cap, a couple stars from that first strike show at the forehead, and parts of the 2 in the date show in the dentils at star 11. Similar strong evidence of the off center strike can be found on the reverse. UNITE is visible to the unaided eye under the N in CENT and strong remnants of the wreath pass up through the T in CENT. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #29.1.10. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 7/22/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 333		1829 C-1 R1 F12. Tab Double Strike with Misaligned Obverse. Sharpness VF30 but covered with very fine corrosion, strongest on the obverse. No marks or verdigris. Rather glossy dark olive and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the high points. This piece is a tab double strike, and it appears the tab strike came first and the centered one second. There are dentils on the obverse part of the tab, which is nestled tightly between the date and star 13. In addition, the obverse is clearly misaligned to K-6. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #29.1.6. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex 1982 EAC Sale, 3/13/82:181. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 334		1829 C-1 R1 VG7. Misaligned Dies. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and very attractive, just worn. The obverse die is badly misaligned to K-5 leaving the bottom of the date and stars 12 & 13 tight to the edge of the planchet. The reverse is nicely centered. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #29.1.15. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Doug Bird 7/28/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 335		1829 C-1 R1 VF25. Clipped Planchet. Very attractive glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the high points. Flawless except for a small spot of reddish chocolate toning at the ribbon loop under the E in CENT. Frosty flowline luster covers the protected areas on both sides. A curved planchet clip affects the dentils at stars 12 & 13 and above OF. M-LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #29.1.14. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Doug Bird 7/28/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 336		1832 C-2 R2 EF45. Off Center. Choice lustrous chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas. Essentially flawless, just lightly worn on the high points. Struck 20% off center to K-1.5. A very attractive example of this simple yet impressive type of mint error. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #32.2.3. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 9/8/76. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,913
Lot 337		1832 C-2 R2 VF20. Off Center. A rather glossy mix of medium brown, chocolate, and reddish chocolate. In addition, there is darker olive crud caked into some of the protected areas, mostly on the reverse. The uneven toning is a distraction, but there are no contact marks or other defects. Struck 15% off center to K-1. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #32.2.6. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex W. E. Pollard 7/27/81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,565
Lot 338		1832 C-2 R2 F15. Errant Planchet Cutter Impression on Both Sides. Ten points sharper but there are several dull scratches on the portrait, all blended perfectly into the glossy chocolate brown and olive toning. Specks of darker olive toning are scattered over the left side of the obverse. An errant planchet cutter impression shows at opposing places on both sides. On the obverse it shows from the dentils at star 3 to above the head, and on the reverse it reaches from the dentils off the stem tip to the ones over D in UNITED. Apparently a mint worker started to cut this planchet with a light tap, then repositioned the tool and finished the job. Breen refers to this type of error as an "indented circular arc" and considers it a "very rare" type of mint error on a half cent. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #32.2.9. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 3/9/95. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 339		1833 C-1 R1 Counterstamped EF40. Counterstamped with a Crowned X, the Stamp of Thomas Wildes, Brunk X-1. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty luster showing in some of the protected areas. The host coin is EF40 but the counterstamp is so strong it distorted the planchet into an egg shape. The stamp is an X with a crown above, and Brunk attributes it to Thomas Wildes of Philadelphia and (later) New York City. His business was as a pewterer, and this stamp was his mark for superior goods. His business was located in Philadelphia from 1829 to 1833, and then he moved to New York City and operated until at least 1840. Four 1833 half cents are known with this stamp and two more with an 1835 date. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Incorrectly listed in the 1984 Stack�s catalog of the Floyd T. Starr collection as being from St. Croix. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #33.1.12. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Hans M. F. Schulman sale of the Gibbs Collection, 3/66:1748-Floyd T. Starr, Stack�s 6/13/84:892. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138
Lot 340		1834 C-1 R1 F15. Double Struck in Collar with Rotation. Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoning steel and light chocolate brown. A small splash of silvery toning over ER in AMERICA is the best identifying mark. Double struck in the collar with a rotation of 120 degrees CCW between those impressions. The "4" of the first date rests atop star 5, and ample clear undertype shows on both sides. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #34.1.15. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex 1997 EAC Sale 4/19/97:81. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 341		1834 C-1 R1 MS62. Clipped Planchet. Lustrous bluish steel and olive with 15% of the mint red showing on the obverse, 45% on the reverse. Choice except for a spot of very fine carbon in the wreath under the second S in STATES. A curved planchet clip affects the dentils at stars 5-7 and over UN in UNITED. EDS, Manley state 1.0. A great example of a simple type of mint error. Davy #34.1.8. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4153. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 342		1834 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Clipped Planchet. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned a somewhat glossy dark steel and olive with lighter chocolate brown toning on the devices. A rim nick at the second A in AMERICA and a nick on the second S in STATES are the notable marks. Curved planchet clips affect the dentils under the date and at stars 2 & 3. Corresponding clips show above the D in UNITED and ES in STATES. Pieces with a single clip are rare; ones with two clips are extremely rare. While the clips on this piece are modest, the rarity is not. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #34.1.14. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Jim Young 4/23/94. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 343		1835 C-1 R1 VF35. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate. No notable marks other than a pair of rim nicks at star 10. Double struck. One strike was a 15% off center obverse brockage that left incuse stars on the rim over RIC, incuse parts of the date on the rim at OF, and an impressed arc from under the stem end around to above the E in STATES. The extra strike on the obverse is visible only in doubling on the dentils, clearest under the date and above star 8. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #35.1.11. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 8/15/2002. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 344		1835 C-1 R1 F15. Double Struck/Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Ten points sharper but cleaned and retoned frosty olive brown and chocolate with hints of lighter reddish brown in protected areas on the reverse. The only marks are numerous fake reeding cuts around the entire edge. These are visible only from the edge and were added with a reasonable amount of skill, but the purpose behind their addition is unknown. Double struck. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet while the second was 20% off center. Strong, clear evidence of the off center strike shows on the reverse, including parts of CA from AMERICA on the rim under the stem end and the O from OF on the leaf below the F in OF. The obverse was pressed against a new blank planchet during the off center strike creating an off center brockage on that planchet and leaving a depressed arc from the rim above the head down through star 8, the lowest curl, and the date to the rim below the bust tip. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #35.1.7. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Ron Guth-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:2009. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 345		1835 C-1 R1 VF20. Clipped Planchet. Slightly sharper but recolored glossy light olive and chocolate brown. The only mark is a faint, very thin scrape across the head just above LIBERTY. A relatively large curved planchet clip reaches just inside the dentil tips at stars 5 & 6 and above UN in UNITED. LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #35.1.9. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 7/28/92. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 346		1835 C-1 R1 EF45. Large Struck-Through Void on Reverse. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate mixed with some darker olive brown tones. The only contact marks are a few tiny, dull rim nicks, including one just right of the date and another above the back of the head. Struck through a large piece of cord or wire that meanders across the bottom of the reverse. This debris may have been on the planchet or stuck on the die, but either way it left behind a deep depression when the strike occurred. This type of error is not especially rare, but a struck-through void this obvious is quite rare. LDS, Manley state 2.0. The reverse fields are slightly prooflike thanks to a fresh die polishing. Davy #35.1.10. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 1/14/2002. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 347		1835 C-2 R1 AU50. Double Struck. Lustrous light olive and chocolate with lighter steel brown toning covering the protected areas on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas and there are no notable marks. Double struck. One strike was normal and centered on the planchet while the other strike was 35% off center. Undertype from the off center reverse is clearest on the rim under the wreath. AME shows from the T in CENT down into the leaves below, and parts of IC show on the rim under the stem end. The only evidence of undertype on the obverse is a faint arc across the bust and a depression on the rim above the back of the head. It appears that the off center strike came first and it may have been a uniface strike (reverse only). LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #35.2.12. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 2/6/98. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 348		1835 C-2 R1 MS63. Clipped Planchet. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown, nearly half the red remaining. Both sides are peppered with very tiny spots of the dark steel toning, the largest of these between the feet of the N & T in CENT. A curved planchet clip affects the dentils under the 18 and above TE in STATES. A relatively common type of mint error, but not in this grade. M-LDS, Manley state 3.0. The arc crack on the reverse is light. Davy #35.2.7. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4153. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 349		1835 C-2 R1 EF45. Clipped Planchet. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with lighter chocolate toning on the right side of the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas. A curved planchet clip affects the dentils at stars 1 & 2 and reaches slightly inside the dentil tips over ST in STATES. An attractive, problem-free example. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #35.2.8. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4385, 2/25/89:71. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 350		1849 C-1 R2- EF45+. Chatter Strike. Glossy medium brown with frosty lighter brown and tan toning in the protected areas and a wisp of reddish brown at F-A. Very close to AU50 but there are a few too many tiny contact marks for the higher grade, none notable or distracting. Fine doubling outlines all 4 digits of the date, most of the stars, and many parts of the portrait. This appears to be a result of die bounce (chatter strike), and there is no doubling on the reverse. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with slightly reflective fields on both sides. Davy #49.1.5. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 8/3/90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288

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