Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 65

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

Selections from the Davy Collection of US Half Cents Part 2

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 150		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet Fair-2. Struck over 1794 TAL Cent. Sharpness VG10 or slightly better but there is a rather large, ugly hole through TY and ICA. The area around the hole is depressed and there is a dent in the dentils over the R in LIBERTY. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and attractive. Glossy light chocolate brown with dark olive toning around the hole. The date and legends are strong (except where obliterated by the hole, of course). Struck over a 1794 TAL cent. The "NT" of CENT is clearly visible over D-ST. Weight 74.1 grains. Davy #95.6a.56. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Clem Schettino 5/10/2008 (during EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 151		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet AG3. Off Center with Straight-Edge Planchet Clip. Glossy dark olive and steel with lighter chocolate brown toning on the devices. The planchet is mostly smooth with only traces of microscopic roughness in protected areas. No verdigris and the only marks are a small nick in the field at the top of the head under the B in LIBERTY and a hairline scratch in the dentils above BER. The date is faint but readable and the legends are mostly clear except for STATES, which is missing. Struck 5% off center to K-9 on a planchet with a straight-edge planchet clip left of the curls and over STAT (most likely a planchet cut from the end of the planchet strip). Weight 74.3 grains. Davy #95.6a.47. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 2/7/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138
Lot 152		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet G4. Incomplete Planchet. A couple points sharper with some shallow pitting and fine hairline scratches on both sides. No verdigris. The date is weak but complete and readable. The legends are clear except for CE in CENT. Partly glossy chocolate and steel. Struck on an incomplete planchet displaying an obvious void and thin planchet crack above ER in LIBERTY and under the fraction. Weight 79.5 grains. Davy #95.6a.26. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4385, 2/25/1989:11. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 153		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet G5. Split Planchet. Very slightly sharper but the surfaces are dull thanks to extremely fine granularity or porosity (probably a mix of the two) that covers both sides. No verdigris or notable contact marks, but there is a rather large split in the planchet (too large to call a planchet crack in my opinion) that extends up through the 17 nearly reaching the truncation. You can see light through the split. The date and legends are complete and easily readable except for those few things affected by the split. Weight 74.2 grains. Davy #95.6a.46. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 2/7/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 154		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet G4. Diagonal Edge Reeding or Grips, Probably Added Post-Minting. Sharpness F12 but the planchet is dull and covered with fine to moderate granularity. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive mixed with lighter tones on the reverse. The date and legends are complete and easily readable in spite of the imperfect surfaces. EDS, Manley state 1.0. This piece would not deserve a second look except for diagonal edge reeding or impressed grip marks that appear to have been added post minting. The marks are old and covered with the same roughness as the rest of the coin, but they were unevenly applied which leads this cataloger to the post-minting conclusion. The marks, however, are placed at a uniform angle and they appear in rather consistent groups of 3-4 marks with smooth areas between the groups. You may view these marks as having been added at the mint, and some knowledgeable folks have come to that conclusion. Breen mentioned this piece on page 153 in his half cent encyclopedia where he says the coin was reported but not yet seen by him. Well, this is the coin. Worth a very careful look. If the marks were added by the mint, then this is an extremely important half cent. And if we ever find another one like this piece, the doubters such as your cataloger will be proven wrong. Weight 82.7 grains. Davy #95.6a.41. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Dr. Ernest J. Montgomery, Bowers & Merena 5/10/1998:221 (where it was cataloged as having a "Gripped Edge" and "Possibly Unique"). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 155		1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet AG3. Faux Brockage. Sharpness VG8 or slightly better but damaged by smashing this piece into another half cent. This resulted in an incuse impression of HALF CENT, or at least parts of it, on Ms Liberty. A dull but obvious dent at the opposing area on the reverse weakens part of ENT. Glossy chocolate and steel fading to darker olive in protected areas. The date is complete and easily readable but not strong and the legends are clear. Weight 80.3 grains. Davy #95.6a.53. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 1/25/2004:1100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 156		1795 C-6b R6- No Pole, Thick Planchet VG7. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris and only a few minor marks. These include a pair of tiny planchet chips on the cheek, a thin nick on the rim off the tip of the bust, and a thin nick on the cap under the L in LIBERTY. The designs are nicely balanced. The date is weakly impressed, as usual on the thick planchet version of the variety, but it is complete and easily readable. The legends are complete. Overall a nice example for the grade. EDS, Manley state 1.0, without any trace of a bulge right of the Y in LIBERTY. Weight 124.1 grains, which is at the upper end of the range for the thick planchet version (which were most likely made from large cent planchets; see Manley page 66). Davy #95.6b.2. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Jim McGuigan 1/15/1981. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,060
Lot 157		1795 C-6b R6- No Pole, Thick Planchet Fair-2+. The obverse is slightly weaker while the reverse is a bit stronger. The highpoints are rather smooth while the remainder of the planchet is covered with very fine roughness. No marks or verdigris. Dark steel and olive. The date is gone and LIBERTY is faint, but most of the reverse legend remains easily readable. Not an especially attractive half cent. Weight 111.5 grains, which is in the middle of the weight range for the thick planchet version according to Manley (see page 66 in his book). Davy #95.6b.1. Estimated Value $350-UP. Ex Gordon Wrubel 8/15/1972. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 158		1796 C-1 No Pole Cast or Electrotype Copy VG8. An impossible copy mating the obverse of 1796 C-1 with the reverse of 1795 C-1 & 2. This piece is lead or some similar white metal with no copper shell or plating to make it appear to be a genuine half cent. There are a couple scratches on the portrait and another through AMER. The date and legends are complete and clear, and the bisecting obverse die crack is weak but visible. While this piece may be an electrotype copy, it has the granular texture of a cast copy. Either way, it's a copy. Weight 98.6 grains. Davy #96.4.1. Estimated Value $50-UP. Source unrecorded. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 159		1796 Edwards Copy Kenny-1 R7. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Choice glossy light brown. The only defects are a small carbon spot over the A in HALF and another under the B in LIBERTY. A very attractive example of this popular rarity. The repunching on the 79 in the date is clear. NOTE: The Edwards copies of the 1796 half cent were struck using hand-made dies on rolled copper planchets that are a bit thinner and lighter than the genuine version. The workmanship is of good quality and the resulting design is a fairly accurate representation of the genuine article. These were struck sometime prior to 1865, and the first auction appearance came in 1866. Reportedly only 12 pieces were struck before the dies were destroyed. These copies are highly sought and seldom appear for sale, so the reported "mintage" appears accurate. Our grade is MS60+. PCGS population 1 with 3 finer. The attribution and Davy provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 74.2 grains. Davy #96.3.5. Estimated Value $7,500-UP. Ex Stack's 6/1985:586 (possibly earlier ex J. C. Mitchelson-Connecticut State Library). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,625
Lot 160		1796 Edwards Copy Kenny-1 R7 VF35. Considerably sharper but the fields and protected areas are covered with faint diagonal striations that are hidden under the attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown toning. The highpoints are smooth. No marks or other defects, just very light wear on the highpoints. This example offers excellent eye appeal in spite of the striations, but the source of the striations is unknown. This piece is the Cohen plate coin for the Edwards Copy (see page 125 in the second edition of his classic book on the series titled American Half Cents). Breen lists this piece as "About Uncirculated" in his census of known examples on page 167 of his encyclopedia but admits he had not seen the coin. Weight 59.8 grains. Davy #96.3.1. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex James Kelly (World Numismatiques) 5/12/1961:1288-1961 ANA Sale, lot 1385-H. Robert Young-Stack's 1976 ANA Sale, 8/24/1976:217. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,463
Lot 161		1796 Edwards Copy Kenny-1 R7 (R8+ as Uniface Reverse). PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Uniface Reverse. Choice and highly lustrous chocolate brown with attractive bluish steel overtones and 10% of the slightly faded original red remaining. This piece would rate "gem" status if not for a very faint spot of a slightly different shade of chocolate brown toning over the A in HALF and another nestled between the wreath ribbon and the leaf below the T in CENT. The strike on the reverse is needle-sharp but very slightly off center to the left. The obverse, however, was struck through another blank planchet and displays only a ghost of Ms Liberty and no hint of the date or LIBERTY. The die alignment shows a 90 degree clockwise rotation between the "ghost" obverse and normal reverse relative to a head-to-foot die orientation. In addition, the second planchet was positioned slightly off center causing a knife edge around half of the "obverse" side. It is reasonable to assume there was a uniface obverse impression created when these two planchets were struck simultaneously, and we might even speculate that this was done with the specific intent to create uniface impressions, one from each die. Breen mentions a single uniface impression for the reverse at the bottom of page 167 in his Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857. That coin first appeared in Edward Cogan�s 16-20 September 1878 auction as lot #2380 and later as lot #337 in the F. C. C. Boyd collection sale conducted by Numismatic Gallery 11 May 1945. It is reasonable to assume this is the same coin. Breen also mentions an unconfirmed 1950 report of another example that turned up in 1946, but he never saw that piece and it may have been the same coin (or perhaps the companion uniface obverse impression). Regardless, this is a fantastic piece of the highest rarity. Our grade is MS64+, very close to MS65. The Uniface feature and Davy provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 94.5 grains, the heaviest seen for any of these Edwards copies. Davy #96.3.8. Estimated Value $10,000-UP. Ex Edward Cogan 9/16/1878:2380-F. C. C. Boyd, Numismatic Gallery 5/11/1945:337-Spence collection-Stack's family collection-Stack�s 9/23/2009:4203. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,375
Lot 162		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety G6. Double Struck Off Center. Sharpness F15, perhaps even better in some areas, but covered with light corrosion that weakens many of the details. No verdigris and only a few minor contact marks, all blended into the natural patina. Slightly glossy dark chocolate and steel. Double struck. The first strike was 35% off center to K-8 and the second was 5% off center to K-9. The strongest evidence of the initial strike is an extra bust tip at the 179 of the date on the second (dominant) strike. In addition, the E from LIBERTY of that first impression is visible at the top of the cap. Evidence of the first strike is not as obvious on the reverse, although the left stem and parts of the fraction and wreath are clearly visible under TED of UNITED. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any obvious die cracks or swelling. Weight 94.3 grains. Davy #97.1.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Chuck Furjanic-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:77. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 163		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety AG3. Double Struck with Rotation. Glossy chocolate brown. The planchet is reasonably smooth but there is an obvious patch of pitting left of the top of the cap. No verdigris or significant contact marks. Double struck. Both strikes were centered on the planchet but they were rotated 150 degrees between the impressions. LIB shows clearly just left of the date and a second date (which is weaker but readable) is positioned above the forehead of the dominant (second) impression. Similar doubling shows on the reverse, but it is less obvious. OF AM is positioned where the fraction and UN should be visible. MDS, Manley state 3.0, showing obvious swelling on the obverse. Weight 77.6 grains. Davy #97.1.11. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Hubscher Auctions 8/6/1983-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:1885. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 164		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety AG3. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning covering the devices. There are traces of minor roughness and reddish verdigris on the left side of the reverse; otherwise the planchet is smooth and attractive, just well worn. The date is complete and easily readable. Double struck. The first strike was 20% off center to K-2 and the second was centered on the planchet. Obvious evidence of the initial strike shows on both sides, especially before the portrait and along the right edge of the reverse. EDS, Manley state 1.0, prior to swelling on the obverse. Weight 86.7 grains. Davy #97.1.13. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 4/27/1991. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 165		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety G4. Double Struck with Small Offset. Sharpness at least VG8 but covered with fine roughness. There are a few short scratches hidden in the toning under the lowest curls and traces of reddish verdigris at OF-A, but it takes a good glass to find these defects. Slightly glossy chocolate and steel with splashes of darker steel and olive toning on the reverse. Double struck. The offset (shift) between those strikes was small, perhaps a millimeter or less to K-1. Nonetheless, the doubling is obvious on the date and portrait with weaker doubling elsewhere on both sides. The 1 in the date is missing but the remaining digits read 77997, although some of the digits overlap a bit. Late die state. The swelling on the obverse is clear. Weight 88.4 grains. Davy #97.1.23. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 2/4/2003 (previously from a Superior auction). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 166		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety AG3. Double Struck with Small Offset. Rather glossy dark olive and steel with lighter steel brown and chocolate toning covering the devices. There are traces of very fine roughness and some light hairline scratches mixed into the natural toning on both sides. None of these defects is distracting except for a small patch of shallow pitting in the field before the eye. Double struck with a small offset between the impressions, perhaps a millimeter. The doubling is clearest on the portrait and at LIBERTY, which now reads LIBBE with swelling obliterating RTY. Similar but less-obvious doubling shows on the reverse, strongest around the fraction. LDS, Manley state 5.0. The die cracks and swelling are well advanced. Weight 90.4 grains. Davy #97.1.22. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 3/1/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $311
Lot 167		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety VG7. Double Struck with Tiny Offset. Glossy light olive and steel blending to chocolate brown in protected areas. Cleaned and retoned. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and void of any marks. The date is bold, including the stray 1 above the normal 1. This piece was double struck, but the offset between strikes was tiny, less than a half millimeter. Doubling is clearly visible on both sides, especially on the date, pole, and AME. VLDS, Manley state 5.0 late. The die cracks and swelling are strong and the reverse die is clearly buckled. Weight 88.2 grains. Davy #97.1.17. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jonathan Kern 11/18/1992. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 168		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety Fair-2. Struck over a 1794 TAL Cent with Edge Lettering. Several points sharper but banged up and scratched. This one was abused, but the date is mostly clear and the color is a decent and rather glossy olive and dark chocolate brown. Struck on a cut-down TAL cent. Strong undertype from the TAL cent shows on the left edge of both sides. More importantly, the half cent planchet was cut too close to the edge of the larger TAL planchet and "PAYA" shows on the edge at the top of the cap (from PAYABLE AT THE STORE OF that is found on the edge of 1794 TAL cents). In addition, the planchet is not perfectly round, which also resulted from being cut too close to the edge of the TAL planchet. An unattractive half cent, to be sure, but the error is obvious and extremely rare. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Weight 84.4 grains. Davy #97.1.16. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/1992:20. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 169		1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 Variety AG3. The obverse is slightly better and the reverse a bit weaker. Glossy chocolate brown with medium brown highpoints and darker olive toning in the protected areas. No corrosion or verdigris, but there are numerous light hairline scratches on the face and in the field to the right. The date is clear and about half the reverse remains visible (although much of the reverse is gone thanks to the very late die state). LDS, Manley state 5.0, with die cracks and heavy swelling covering much of the obverse. Weight 79.3 grains. Davy #97.1.12. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex 1991 EAC Sale, lot 35. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 170		1797 C-2 R3 EF40. Struck over cut-down 1794 TAL Cent with NEW YORK. Sharpness AU50 but the right half of the obverse is a bit dull thanks to extremely faint roughness mixed with a very faint dusting of microscopic reddish olive carbon. Otherwise this piece is outstanding and the reverse has mint state eye appeal. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning in the protected areas, especially on the reverse. Strong TAL Cent undertype remains visible on both sides, including NEW at RTY and YORK in the field off the chin, plus LIBE at the dentils over OF-A. A sharp, very attractive example, and the finest of the variety from among the 7 pieces contained in the Roger Cohen sale in 1992. The obverse is plated on page 28 in the second edition of Roger's half cent book to illustrate a TAL overstrike. Weight 88.7 grains. Davy #97.2.16. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex Bill Weber-R. Tettenhorst-Bill Weber-R. Tettenhorst-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 171		1797 C-2 R3 VG7. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Sharpness F12 but the reverse is covered with uniform fine granularity. The obverse is mostly smooth but there are traces of microscopic roughness, particularly in an arc through LIBERTY extending near the dentils to just below the cap. The obverse is a predominately glossy chocolate brown while the reverse is matte dark steel and olive. Struck over a spoiled off center large cent with the RIC of AMERICA and the accompanying dentils clearly visible in the field before the portrait. However, there is no trace of cent undertype on the reverse. The large cent undertype has been attributed to the S-128 die variety (see Breen page 182 and Manley pages 75 & 76). However, this cataloger can't be sure of the attribution other than to state with complete certainty that the undertype is from the reverse of a large cent that may have been a 1797 S-128. Everything fits for S-128, so that's a good guess. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees CCW. Breen mistakenly determined that this piece die not have the die crack at UNI to the dentils under the fraction, and he used that information to list an uncracked reverse die state for the variety which confuses the emission sequence. The crack is present, although it is obscured by the granularity. Cohen and Manley were correct, Breen was wrong on this one. Weight 75.8 grains. Davy #97.2.5. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Dr. Charles L. Ruby, Superior 2/11/1974:1987 (where plated)-University of Wisconsin Sale, Superior 10/3/1977:134. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,265
Lot 172		1797 C-2 R3 VG8. Attractive glossy steel and chocolate. Smooth with only trivial contact marks, including a tiny dig just left of the numerator. LDS. Swelling at ICA weakens those letters. The date and remainder of the legends are strong. The edge of this piece was carefully and very lightly reeded outside the mint. The tiny edge marks are faint, even under magnification, and would be very easy to miss. Weight 80.1 grains. Davy #97.2.26. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Superior 2/18/2001:2065. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 173		1797 C-2 R3 G6. Double Struck Off Center. Several points sharper but there are shallow pitmarks on both sides, mostly on the right half. No verdigris or contact marks. Glossy chocolate and olive with reddish chocolate toning inside the obverse pits. Double struck. The first strike was 25% off center to K-3 and the second was only slightly off center in the same direction. The doubling is obvious on both sides. LIBERTY now reads LIBELIBE and there is an extra fraction where the second A in AMERICA should be located. An additional UN is located where the centered fraction should show. An imperfect half cent but a neat error that is obvious to the unaided eye. Weight 83.0 grains. Davy #97.2.19. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Dr. Bob Shalowitz-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:85. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $311
Lot 174		1797 C-2 R3 AG3. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris, just some hairline scratches in the obverse fields, all blended perfectly into the attractive toning. Double struck. The first strike was 15% off center to K-8 and the second was fairly well centered on the planchet but rotated about 15 degrees relative to the first. LIBERTY now reads LILIBERTY (although several of the letters are weak) and UNITED begins UNUN. The heavy wear obliterates much of the doubling but there is more than enough to see what happened here. The date is gone and the reverse displays obvious swelling, especially in the lower right quadrant. Apparently from a very late state of the dies. Weight 91.4 grains. Davy #97.2.28b. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 5/16/1993. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 175		1797 C-2 R3 VG7. Double Struck with Small Offset. Glossy light chocolate and olive. The surfaces are smooth and attractive, void of any notable defects. The date and legends are complete and easily readable except in the lower right quadrant of the reverse, which is swollen from the late die state. Double struck with an offset between impressions of a half millimeter or slightly larger. The doubling is clearest on the obverse, especially on the portrait where there are two poles, two eyes, and two mouths. The doubling on the reverse is more subtle, clearest on the fraction and in the lower left quadrant. Weight 84.2 grains. Davy #97.2.13. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 6/23/1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 176		1797 C-2 R3 Fair-2. Double Struck with Rotation. Slightly sharper but the edge has been filed all the way around and the planchet displays a subtle bend or wave. The surfaces are smooth, free of any trace of corrosion or verdigris. The only marks are some very tiny pinpricks and hairlines on the upper half of the reverse. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. Double struck with a 10-degree rotation between strikes. Doubling is very clear on the portrait where there are two bust tips and two poles. More subtle doubling can be found elsewhere on both sides, and an extra 7 is faintly visible following the date. Weight 77.8 grains. Davy #97.2.21. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/1992:21. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 177		1797 C-2 R3 Fair-2. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper but the planchet is covered with very light roughness and there are three dull but strong digs or dents on the upper half of the reverse. No verdigris. Slightly glossy chocolate with darker bluish olive brown toning in protected areas. The date is very faint, virtually gone, but all of LIBERTY and at least half of the reverse legend remain readable. Double struck with a north-south offset of about a half millimeter between those impressions. Obvious doubling shows on the portrait, especially along the profile and truncation. The doubling on the reverse is more subtle thanks to the relative lack of details on that side, but doubling is clearly present in the dentils over UNITED. The consignor felt that this piece may have been struck three times, and that is certainly possible. Unfortunately the low grade makes such a determination very difficult to confirm. Weight 79.1 grains. Davy #97.2.22. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 9/21/1992. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 178		1797 C-2 R3 Basal State-1. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper on the obverse where the portrait is complete, but most everything else is gone. No corrosion or verdigris, only dull contact marks, some strong enough to create subtle dents in the planchet. Glossy chocolate brown and darker olive. Double struck with an offset of a millimeter or less between impressions. Doubling shows on the bust and profile of the face. Weight 87.5 grains. Davy #97.3a.8 (an error in recording). Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Mike Packard 3/30/1997 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $86
Lot 179		1797 C-2 R3 AG3. Off Center. Very slightly sharper, especially on the obverse, but this piece is covered with fine roughness and porosity. No verdigris, and the only significant contact mark is a light rim bruise before the mouth. Somewhat glossy dark chocolate brown and olive with lighter chocolate brown toning covering the devices. Struck 5-10% off center to K-7.5 causing the bottom of the 17 to be weak as it fades into the rim. Weight 74.7 grains. Davy #97.2.15. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 1/8/1991. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 180		1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge Fair-2. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Slightly glossy chocolate and darker steel brown. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth. The rim off the bust tip is slightly beveled thanks to a dull contact mark and there are a couple light scratches in the center of the reverse. None of the marks is significant, especially considering the low grade. The date is clear. Struck on a planchet cut from a spoiled large cent. The tip of the bust of Ms Liberty from the cent shows clearly inside an arc of cent dentils at the bottom of the reverse. The opposing area on the obverse is indented, and it is reasonable to assume the indent was present on the spoiled cent planchet before the half cent planchet was cut from it. A really neat mint error in spite of the low grade (although it could be argued that this is a large cent error, not a half cent error). Semantics. Weight 74.5 grains. Davy #97.3a.12. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jonathan Kern 4/15/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 181		1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge AG3. Off Center. The obverse is slightly sharper while the reverse is a bit weaker, which is typical for well worn examples of this variety. Slightly glossy olive and dark steel brown. The surfaces are covered with uniform extremely faint roughness under the natural patina, but there is no verdigris. The only mark is a thin, very old scratch at the upper left of the reverse. The date and LIBERTY are complete and clear but less than half the legend on the reverse remains visible. Struck 5-10% off center to K-2. Weight 75.3.grains. Davy #97.3a.7. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Joe Kane 3/31/1984 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 182		1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge VG7. Blundered Edge Letters. A few points sharper, especially on the obverse, but the planchet is covered with fine granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are some faint hairline scratches on the lower half of the obverse, all blended perfectly into the patina. Dark olive and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The date is strong and the legends are complete. LDS, Manley state 3.0. The "tongue" break from the chin is strong and the reverse is rotated 5 degrees CCW. Struck slightly off center to K-7.5. The edge lettering is complete but is blundered with DOLLARTWO appearing as a single word. Weight 77.0 grains. Davy #97.3b.1. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Fred Sweeney 10/6/1972. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,990
Lot 183		1797 C-3c R7- Low Head with Gripped Edge. PCGS graded Good-6. The obverse is sharper while the reverse is weaker. Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth and offer excellent eye appeal for the grade, especially on the obverse where the devices are stronger than the grade would suggest. The only notable marks are a couple light vertical hairline scratches from the dentils down through ER in LIBERTY to the top of the head where they disappear. These tiny scratches are old and blend into the natural toning so they do not provide a distraction. There are 8 "extra" grip marks around the edge in addition to the normal complement, and all are clear. The cause of the additional grip marks is unknown, but it could be from the same type of operator error that caused blundered edge lettering from the Castaing machine. MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die crack extending from the chin is clear but it fades into a dull wave before reaching the dentils to the right. Our grade is G6+, close to VG7. One of the finest known; tied for CC#3 honors in the Spurlock census To the best of our knowledge, this is the only certified and graded example of the extremely rare Gripped Edge variety. Although the 1796 No Pole might command a higher price, the 1797 Gripped Edge is the real key to completing a "Redbook" set of half cents. The attribution and Davy collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 78.1 grains. Davy #97.3c.3. Estimated Value $30,000-UP. Ex Loyd Whiteneck 8/1973-Sam Ungar 11/29/82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $195,500
Lot 184		1800 C-1 R2 VF20. Five points sharper but there are four small rim bruises on the reverse, the largest of these at f-a, plus a light scratch or struck-through line in the field left of the ribbon. glossy chocolate brown and steel with a small splash of reddish chocolate in the field before the face. rare e-mds, manley state 2.0, with clear die clashmarks at lib and unite. this is the cohen plate coin for the early die state in the second edition of his book (top of page 34). weight 87.7 grains. davy #00.1.16. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex R. R. Johnsen-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:96. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $449
Lot 185		1800 C-1 R2 VG10. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with darker steel toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and free of defects except for an arc of shallow verdigris at D-STAT. Rare E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die clashmarks at LIB and UNITE are clear. Weight 86.4 grains. Davy #00.1.14. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Steven Cunningham 6/20/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 186		1800 C-1 R2 VF25. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty light olive and steel fading to reddish chocolate brown. Traces of lighter reddish brown toning show in a few of the protected areas providing evidence of the earlier cleaning. Still offers nice eye appeal. The only marks are a light rim bruise under the 8 in the date and a few contact marks above the first A in AMERICA. MDS, Manley state 3.0. The rim cud breaks over LIB are clearly defined and the curl left of the date is closed. Weight 83.4 grains. Davy #00.1.1. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Brooklyn Heights Coin Exchange 8/3/1970. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 187		1800 C-1 R2 VF25. Ten points sharper but there is a scuff of very fine scratches on the bust tip, a couple more left of the lower curls, and traces of very fine verdigris scattered over the obverse. The reverse is choice. Glossy chocolate brown and darker olive, the reverse a couple shades lighter than the obverse. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. The curl left of the date is open thanks to die polishing and a fine crack or die line passes through the top of NITE. Weight 82.2 grains. Davy #00.1.24. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Catherine Bullowa, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/7/1995:272. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 188		1800 C-1 R2 G5. Double Struck with Rotation. Very slightly sharper but there are too many contact marks for the higher grade, including a shallow scratch down the portrait and another in the field up from before the bust tip. Somewhat glossy chocolate brown. The date and legends are complete and clear except for OF, which is weak. Double struck with a 5-10 degree CW rotation between the impressions. The doubling shows clearest along the neck, top edge of the bust, and back of the head. I can not find any doubling on the reverse, and it is possible that side was pressed into a new blank planchet during the second strike, thus creating a reverse brockage on the second planchet. MDS, Manley state 3.0. Weight 78.9 grains. Davy #00.1.15. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 189		1800 C-1 R2 Fair-2. Double Struck with Rotation. Sharpness VG10 but banged up with several strong rim dents plus other dents that left an uneven planchet. Fine roughness covers the planchet, but there is no verdigris. Somewhat glossy dark olive brown and steel with slightly lighter chocolate toning on the highpoints. The date is weak but remains readable. Double struck with a 30-degree CCW rotation between the two strikes. The doubling is obvious on the obverse, especially on the head and bust, but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse (similar to the preceding example). MDS. Weight 79.2 grains. Davy #00.1.19. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 9/21/1992. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 190		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 VG7. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Sharpness VF30 but there is a large, very significant depression on the hair ribbon (possibly as struck, stay tuned), and the planchet is covered with moderate porosity and corrosion that left the surfaces a bit uneven. No verdigris. Dark olive and chocolate with lighter brown and chocolate toning on the devices. Not the most attractive half cent in this sale, but the details are relatively sharp. Struck on a spoiled large cent. TAT from STATES on the large cent shows clearly under NIT in UNITED. Directly opposite TAT is the depression on the hair ribbon, and it is nearly certain the depression was present on the spoiled cent before it was cut down to strike this half cent. Manley estimates that less than a dozen of these 1802/0 C-2 half cents are known showing undertype from a spoiled large cent, and this sale contains four. A neat error with excellent details for the variety, but it will always be rather ugly. Weight 74.8 grains. Davy #02.2.1. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Old Roman 11/11/1972. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 191		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 G5. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. A couple points sharper but covered with light roughness under a rather glossy chocolate brown patina. No verdigris, and the only notable marks are a pair of very light rim bruises behind the portrait and a few light scratches inside the wreath. The date and overdate are clear and the legends are complete except for weakness at AMERIC and inside the wreath. Struck on a spoiled large cent, and clear remnants of the off center large cent show on both sides. An arc of dentils with TES from STATES shows before the neck and the lower edge of the bust from the large cent is visible above RICA. An impressive example of this extremely rare type of mint error. MDS, Manley state 4.0, with obvious die rust on both sides. Weight 76.1 grains. Davy #02.2.16. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Stack's OTC-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:109. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 192		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 G5. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Very slightly sharper but there are numerous scratches inside the wreath plus a few that escape its confines. Otherwise the surfaces are decent for the grade, smooth and void of any notable defects. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light chocolate and steel brown. The date is bold and the overdate is obvious. The legends are strong except for HALF CENT, which is weakened by the scratches. Struck over a spoiled large cent, but the evidence of the large cent is a faint O from ONE or OF near the rim left of the upper edge of the hair ribbon. There may have been more undertype visible when it was new, but not now. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with vertical die lines between the I & B in LIBERTY. The curl left of the date is complete. Weight 77.6 grains. Davy #02.2.20. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/1992:29. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 193		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 VF20 but Holed. Struck over Spoiled Large Cent. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown on a smooth, corrosion-free planchet. Unfortunately someone thought it was advisable to drill a large hole through ER in LIBERTY. The only additional contact marks of any significance are a dull scratch in the field before the face and a sharper one hidden in the hair above the ear. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The curl left of the date is complete and die lines show between the I & B in LIBERTY. Struck on a planchet cut from a spoiled large cent. That cent appears to have been an off center partial brockage with an arc of strongly impressed dentils on the upper left obverse of the half cent. The ends of the arc of incuse dentils are exactly opposite depressions on the reverse rim, which most likely resulted from contact with another planchet as the cent was being struck (and spoiled in the process). Just too bad about that hole. Weight 76.7 grains. Davy #02.2.21. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 4/15/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 194		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 Cast Copy VF35. Glossy light reddish chocolate brown. A well-executed cast copy of the famous Brobston-Miles coin (which is the plate coin for the variety in the Breen encyclopedia). The surfaces are glossy but slightly granular at the same time, which is consistent with what you expect on a cast copy. No base metal shows, not even on the edge. Essentially as made. The work is so well done that this piece was purchased as genuine long ago. Weight 103.3 grains. Davy #02.2.9. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Harrisburg Numismatic Gallery 9/23/1971. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 195		1803 C-1 R1 VG8. Double Struck with Small Offset. Rather glossy dark chocolate brown with slightly lighter chocolate and steel toning on the devices. The surfaces are decent but there is extremely faint roughness under the attractive patina. The only marks are a few faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a very dull scratch above CE in CENT. Double struck with a small offset between the impressions, about a half millimeter to K-3. Doubling is obvious on the entire obverse, especially on the date, but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse. Perhaps the reverse became a brockage maker during the second strike, but that is only a guess. EDS, Manley state 1.0, without any die cracks on the reverse. Davy #03.1.5. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Bill Weber (trade) 11/11/1980. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 196		1803 C-1 R1 EF40. Slightly sharper but there are a few shallow contact marks on the numerator and a small nick on the edge above the B in LIBERTY. Otherwise this piece is choice and offers outstanding eye appeal. Glossy steel and chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter brown and golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas on both sides. MDS, Manley state 2.0. A light die crack extends through the first T in STATES to AM in AMERICA. Davy #03.1.13. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex Philip M. Showers (Stack's privately 1969)-Willis I. duPont-Fred Werner (from New York, also known as Freddie Werner) 2/20/1977-Larry Goldberg 2/22/1977-Joe Flynn-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:111. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 197		1803 C-1 R1 EF40. Ten points sharper but there is a dull scrape that skips from the rim over the A in STATES through the wreath to the HA in HALF. A dull nick in the field near the rim above the bust tip is the only additional mark. Lightly cleaned, now nicely retoned lustrous dark bluish steel and chocolate. Satiny frost covers the fields and protected areas. LDS, Manley state 3.0. An additional die crack now reaches from the earlier crack above the L in HALF down through that letter to the N in UNITED and dentils above. Davy #03.1.1. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex Stack's 2/1971:3 (as Gem Unc). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 198		1803 C-1 R1 VF30. Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with some darker olive brown toning in protected areas around the devices. A pair of light rim bruises at the top of the obverse and a few dull, light scratches at OF-AME are the only notable defects. Otherwise this piece is close to VF30. LDS, Manley state 3.0. The die cracks on the reverse are clear and a halo-like aura surrounds Ms Liberty. Davy #03.1.14. Estimated Value $250-UP. Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:112. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 199		1803 C-1 R1 F15+. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with a few small puffs of darker chocolate toning on the left side of the obverse. Flawless except for a tiny rim nick over the first T in STATES. LDS, Manley state 3.0. The die cracks on the reverse and halo around the portrait are clear. Davy #03.1.16. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex William K. Raymond-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:114. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253

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