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 250		1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin F15. Slightly sharper but there are a few faint hairline scratches on the obverse, strongest in the field before the neck. Glossy steel and chocolate brown. LDS, Manley state 6.0. The raised retained cud break over LIBE is strong. The "Spiked Chin" feature is dull but clear. Davy #04.8.15. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., 9/3/1983-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:1940. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 251		1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin Obverse Brockage. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. Very attractive with just a few minor marks, including a tiny nick in the center of the cheek and another in the field left of the lowest curl of the "normal" side. This is a full obverse brockage strike. The "reverse" has an incuse impression of the obverse from a previously struck piece that failed to eject from the press. The brockage impression is perfectly aligned with the normal obverse strike and it is essentially flawless. A spectacular mint error that shows two "Spiked Chins," one normal and one incuse. This piece may have been struck during the C-6 or C-8 marriage of the obverse die (which was used for C-3, 5, 6, 7, & 8), but the die state suggests an early state from the C-8 marriage. Our grade is VF35+, very close to EF40. The PCGS label includes "Full Obverse Brockage" and the Davy Collection provenance in addition to mentioning the attribution and "Spiked Chin" feature. A highlight among the scores of mint errors offered in this sale. Davy #04.8.16. Estimated Value $10,000-UP. Ex Richard Picker collection (Mrs. Picker) via Stack's 12/15/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $28,750
Lot 252		1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin AG3. Double Struck Off Center. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. Many of the details are sharper than the assigned grade, but the strike is uneven leaving UNITED nearly gone and significant weakness at the opposing LIBE. No roughness or other defects. Double struck (which probably caused the unevenly struck details). The first strike was 20% off center to K-11 and rotated maybe 30 degrees CW relative to the second strike, which was properly centered on the planchet. Parts of the hair ribbon from the first strike are clearly visible behind the head and AM from AMERICA shows under OF of the second strike. Significant additional evidence of the off center strike can be found elsewhere on the reverse. The date is complete and clear but the "Spiked Chin" feature is weak. Davy #04.8.7. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Gordon Wrubel 9/20/1980. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 253		1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin VG7. Double Struck with Small Offset. Very slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with extremely faint roughness. No verdigris and only a few light contact marks, including a dull nick on the top of the A in HALF. Slightly glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate. Double struck with a small shift of less than a half millimeter to K-4. Sharp, clear doubling shows on both sides, especially on the date, down the left side of the portrait, and on the wreath. The "Spiked Chin" feature is weak but visible. Davy #04.8.19. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 254		1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Sharpness near F15 but there is a barely perceptible dent hidden in the hair in the center of the obverse that created a subtle bulge in the center of the reverse. The only other marks are a few tiny pinpricks on the upper left quadrant of the obverse. Glossy chocolate and dark steel brown. The date and legends are strong and the "Spiked Chin" feature is clear. Double struck with a small offset between strikes, no more than a half millimeter. Doubling is sharp and clear on the reverse, strongest on the leaves and HALF CENT, but there is no trace of doubling on the obverse. Perhaps the obverse was pressed against a new blank planchet during the second strike, thereby creating a brockage impression on the other planchet. Davy #04.8.26. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 8/15/2002. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $166
Lot 255		1804 C-9 R2 VF35. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel and light olive with hints of reddish steel brown toning in a few of the protected areas. No roughness, but there are some nicks scattered over the obverse, including a thin diagonal nick on the throat, another on the cheek, and a couple more in the field before the face. Extremely rare very early die state (VEDS), earlier than Manley state 1.0. The obverse die is uncracked. Davy #04.9.14. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Robert E. Matthews, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/31/1993:502 (via Don Valenziano). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 256		1804 C-9 R2 VF25. Ten points sharper but lightly burnished and retoned a rather glossy dark steel and olive. No roughness, and the only marks are a light rim nick over the I in LIBERTY and another shallow nick on the left side of the O in OF. A second example of the extremely rare earliest state of the variety, Manley state 1.0 early, with an uncracked obverse. Davy #04.9.20. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/7/1995:281 (via Don Valenziano). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 257		1804 C-9 R2 EF40. Glossy olive and lighter chocolate brown, the obverse a rather mottled mixture of the two tones while the reverse is a more uniform olive brown. The obverse fields are hard and slightly reflective while the worn reverse die (which was used earlier in the C-8 marriage) displays luster from fine radial die flowlines that cover the field outside the wreath. No marks or other distractions. EDS, Manley state 1.0. There is a faint die crack through the top of RTY and another connecting the centers of IBER. Davy #04.9.10. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Steve Ivy-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:189. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 258		1804 C-9 R2 F12. Very attractive light olive and chocolate blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and attractive for the grade. A light rim bruise behind the back of the head is the best identifying mark. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a strong cud break connecting RTY to the rim. The die crack from the 4 to the bust has not formed and the reverse is rotated 15 degrees CW. Davy #04.9.2. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Stack's 2/4/1972:209. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 259		1804 C-9 R2 VG10+. Glossy mixture of chocolate and darker olive brown with hints of reddish chocolate in the field at TY and before the face. A rim nick at the T in UNITED is a good identifying mark. Close to F12. LDS, Manley state 5.0 late. The cud break at RTY is strong. A clear die crack reaches from the 04 through the bust tip curving back to the rim just above the bust. The field outlined by this crack is slightly sunken as a retained cud. In addition, a previously unreported crack passes through the bases of the 18 reaching the rim under the adjacent 0 and to the left into the field under the lowest curl. Manley did not mention this second crack, and it is clear. A humble half cent but perhaps an important die state for the specialist. Davy #04.9.11. Estimated Value $200-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 2/2/1992:192. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $201
Lot 260		1804 C-9 R2 VG10. Double Struck Off Center. Sharpness VF25 but covered with very fine roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No marks or verdigris. Chocolate and steel brown, the highpoints a few shades lighter than the protected areas. EDS, before the die crack at RTY became evident. Double struck. The initial strike was 15% off center to K-1 and the second strike was centered on the planchet but rotated 10 degrees CCW relative to the first. The top of the head from the first impression shows at ERTY and the hair ribbon of the initial strike is located in the field behind the head. Evidence of the first strike is even more obvious on the reverse with MER clearly visible on the rim over MERI and the fraction bar on the edge under the last digit of the denominator. Additional undertype shows on both sides. Davy #04.9.13. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 9/14/1992:46. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 261		1804 C-9 R2 VG10. Double Struck Off Center, Reverse Brockage Maker. Mostly glossy light olive and steel with a small splash of reddish chocolate toning at IT in UNITED. Smooth surfaces with nice eye appeal for the grade. The only notable mark is a light rim bruise above the O in OF. Double struck. The first impression was 20% off center to K-6 while the second was centered on the planchet but rotated 30 degrees CCW relative to the first. The throat and neck from the off center strike are clearly evident on the neck and shoulder of the centered (dominant) strike, but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse. Instead, there is very subtle bulging on the reverse which is evidence that this side was pressed into a new blank planchet during the second strike, thereby creating a reverse brockage impression on the new planchet. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. A strong cud break joins RTY to the rim above. Davy #04.9.9. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 262		1804 C-9 R2 VG8. Double Struck Off Center. Sharpness VF25 but covered with very fine corrosion and the fields have been crudely abraded to remove some of the roughness. Slightly glossy chocolate brown mottled with splashes of darker reddish chocolate. Traces of raised greenish verdigris can be found on both sides. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before the die crack at RTY became clear. Double struck. The first strike was slightly off center to K-11 and the second was centered on the planchet but rotated about 10 degrees CCW relative to the first. The date now reads "181804" and parts of LIBE show on the rim above the centered LIBE. Ms Liberty has two clear, complete faces, and this feature is the most striking aspect of the error. Similar doubling shows on the reverse, including UNITED ST on the rim above the centered version of those letters. An unattractive half cent thanks to the crude smoothing, but the error is remarkable. Davy #04.9.28. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Centennial Auctions date unknown, lot 304-Frank McGrath, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg's 2/11/2007:186-Michael Spurlock (via Bob Grellman and Chris McCawley). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 263		1804 C-9 R2 VG7. Triple Struck with Small Offset. Glossy light chocolate and medium brown. Smooth and attractive, very nice for the grade. This piece was struck three times. Two of the impressions were centered with a very small offset between the impressions. Fine but clear doubling shows along the upper edge of the head with less obvious doubling elsewhere on that side. The fine doubling on the reverse is more obvious, clearest on the wreath and HALF CENT. In addition, there is an arc of impressed dentils through the leaves under T in CENT. These dentils are incuse, which suggests an off center brockage impression. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die crack through the top of RTY is clear. Davy #04.9.17. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Richard Gross 4/7/2000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 264		1804 C-9 R2 VG7. Heavily Blunted Reverse. Slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris or notable marks. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. LDS, Manley state 5.0. The cud at RTY is strong and a clear die crack passes from the 4 through the bust tip. The obverse was struck normally but the reverse is heavily blunted, possibly struck through debris on the die. Davy #04.9.16. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Richard Gross 4/7/2000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 265		1804 C-10 R1 EF45. Double Struck with Small Offset over Off Center Brockage. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with flowline luster covering the fields and protected areas on both sides. No defects, only very light friction on the highpoints. This piece was struck at least 3 times. The first strike was an off center brockage impression (probably of the reverse). Incuse impressions of this first strike show on the rim over the Y in LIBERTY and down the rim before the face. Normal (raised) evidence of this initial strike show on the reverse rim above the O in OF. The next two strikes were centered on the planchet with an offset of no more than a half millimeter between those impressions. Sharp, clear doubling covers nearly everything. LDS, Manley state 3.0. The dies are worn and there are traces of fine die rust in the obverse fields. An attractive multiple error strike. Davy #04.11.2 (a recording error). Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex William K. Raymond 10/10/1974. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,006
Lot 266		1804 C-10 R1 VF20. Triple Strike with Small Offset. Slightly sharper but there are a few too many tiny nicks for the higher grade. A short, thin vertical nick in the field over the upper end of the hair ribbon is the best identifying mark. Glossy chocolate brown with some frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. Frosty flowline luster shows in protected areas, especially on the reverse. This piece was struck at least three times, but the offset between those impressions was less than a half millimeter. Clearly defined triple outlines show on the wreath, fraction, and HALF CENT. The obverse displays clear doubling but there is no conclusive evidence of a triple strike on that side. It is possible the obverse was struck against a new blank planchet during one of the strikes, thereby creating an obverse brockage on the second planchet. That is only a guess, but it offers a logical explanation for the difference between the double and triple impressions. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #04.10.13. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jim McGuigan (during Auction '84) 7/29/1984. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $426
Lot 267		1804 C-10 R1 VG8. Double Struck with Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but there are some hairline scratches on both sides, strongest in the field under the hair ribbon. These scratches are blended perfectly into the toning and are not especially distracting. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Double struck. One strike is centered normally on the planchet while the other is slightly off center to the top and rotated 15 degrees CCW relative to the centered one. The doubling is strong on the jaw where a second throat is located but there is no trace of doubling on the reverse. Instead, that side displays some of the swelling that is associated with a piece that became a brockage maker during a second strike. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.10.19. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 11/9/1990. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 268		1804 C-10 R1 F12. Double Struck with Small Offset. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with traces of frost showing in protected areas. The only defect is a faint hairline scratch through the top of the wreath. Double struck with a small offset of about a half millimeter to K-3. The doubling is sharp and easily visible on both sides. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.10.17. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Howard Gursky-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:1944. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 269		1804 C-10 R1 AG3. Double Struck with Small Offset. Very slightly sharper but the portrait is covered with hairline scratches. In addition, there is a depression on the rim under the lowest curl and a fine scratch that arcs from the rim at D-S to the wreath below. Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown. Double struck with an offset of about a half millimeter to K-10.5. Doubling is obvious on both sides, clearest on the lower edge of the bust and around the fraction. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #04.10.16. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 11/11/1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $109
Lot 270		1804 C-10 R1 F12. Struck Through Wire or Thread. Sharpness VF30 but covered with uniform fine roughness. No notable contact marks but there are traces of shallow verdigris in protected areas, mostly around ERTY. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with frosty flowline luster peeking through in protected areas, mostly on the reverse. There is an arc from the edge above the second S in STATES down through the left side of the wreath to the edge under the 2 in the fraction. This depression was created when a thread or piece of wire came between the die and planchet as it was being struck (hence the "struck-through" error designation). Short struck-through lines caused by lint from cleaning rags are often found on early coppers, especially on proof strikes, but struck-through depressions this long are quite rare. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.10.25. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Rick DeSanctis, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2002 ANA Sale 8/1/2002:2458. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 271		1804 C-10 R1 AG3. Altered into a High-Quality Gear. Slightly glossy chocolate brown with a small hole in the center. The surfaces are not perfect, but the date is clear. This piece would be wholly unremarkable except that is was very carefully made into a working gear, perhaps for an old clock. The workmanship is superb. Each notch is perfectly formed and angled to work in a machine. Your cataloger has seen at least a dozen large cents made into gears but only a couple half cents and none approaching the gear quality of the piece being offered here. Davy #04.10.21. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Gino Sanfilippo 4/15/1995. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 272		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG8. Glossy dark steel and olive with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the devices. Virtually flawless except for a tiny contact mark in the field over the hair ribbon and a dull mark on the rim at the bust tip. MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a subtle bulge in the center of the reverse causing weakness on the ribbon loops and bottom of the wreath. HALF CENT remains complete and clear. Davy #04.11.15. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Stack's OTC-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:199. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 273		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems F15+. Sharpness VF25 but there are traces of extremely faint roughness well hidden under the glossy dark olive and steel patina. No verdigris and only a few small contact marks, including a short scratch left of the lowest curl. M-LDS, Manley state 2.0 late. The swelling inside the wreath is obvious and the wreath ribbon is weak while the legend outside the wreath is strong. Davy #04.11.16. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Stack's William H. Fenn III Sale 10/1976:13-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 274		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with very fine roughness. There is a pitmark right of the date and an area of more obvious roughness in the field above the bust tip. Recolored glossy light olive and bluish steel blending to dark chocolate and olive on the reverse. Nicely detailed but not especially attractive. M-LDS, Manley state 2.0 late. The swelling on the reverse has become quite obvious and much of the wreath ribbon was not struck up at all as a result. HALF CENT is weak but still complete and easily readable. Davy #04.11.17. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:201. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 275		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG7. Glossy steel brown and chocolate fading to olive brown in protected areas. Smooth and attractive for the grade, just worn. A trio of tiny marks at the H in HALF can help identify this piece. LDS, Manley state 3.0. The swelling on the reverse is now quite strong causing most of the lower part of the wreath to be missing and most of HALF CENT faint or gone as well. Certainly wear had something to do with the weakness, but die swelling was a major factor. The reverse die must have been discarded shortly after this strike, thereby liberating this obverse for its subsequent mating with the Stemless C-13 reverse. Davy #04.11.18. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:202. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 276		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems F12. Flipover Off Center Double Strike. Sharpness near EF40 but harshly cleaned and covered with microscopic porosity. There is a small patch of slightly deeper corrosion at the dentils left of the hair ribbon and another at the leaves under the second A in AMERICA. Double struck. The first strike was 40% off center showing an arc of dentils from the rim left of the lower curls through the hair ribbon into the hair and ear. Portions of the wreath are visible on the rim off the bust tip. Evidence of the off center strike also shows on the rim over ED-ST. The other strike was properly centered on the planchet. A neat mint error, but this piece deserves a proper retoning. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0 early. HALF CENT is complete and shows only minor weakness from die swelling. Davy #04.11.21. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Chris Young 4/19/1997 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 277		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper but the planchet displays a very subtle bend causing a bulge across the reverse from K-1 down to K-7. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy brown and chocolate blending to olive brown in protected areas. No verdigris and the only mark is a very light rim bruise under the 0 in the date. Double struck. The offset between impressions is about a half millimeter, and the shift is slightly rotated with a pivot point located at the top of the obverse. The result is clear doubling covering nearly everything on both sides, and the offset is larger at the bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse. The doubling appears more pronounced on the reverse, and looking at that side causes your eyes to work overtime trying to focus. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.11.20. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex 1994 EAC Sale, 4/23/1994:90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 278		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper with extremely fine roughness covering the fields and protected areas, strongest in the field before the mouth. A shallow pitmark at the dentils over the I in UNITED is a good identifying mark. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with lighter chocolate brown toning on the highpoints. Double struck with a small offset of less than a half millimeter to K-9. The doubling shows on both sides, strongest on the reverse where the offset is clearly greater than it is on the obverse. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.11.10. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 10/17/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 279		1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems G5. Double Struck Obverse. Very slightly sharper with some fine hairline scratches left of the lowest curls, all blended perfectly into the natural toning. No roughness or verdigris. The date and legends are complete and clear except for weakness inside the wreath due to die swelling in that area. Double struck, but the doubling only shows on the obverse. The doubling is very fine but clearly visible on the date and profile of Ms Liberty with weaker doubling elsewhere. There is no trace of doubling on the reverse, but the low grade may have eliminated that evidence. M-LDS, Manley state 2.0 late with strong swelling in the center of the reverse that nearly obliterates HALF CENT and parts of the wreath. Davy #04.11.13. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 6/6/1991. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 280		1804 C-12 R2 Crosslet 4 without Stems VF35. Clipped Planchet. Sharpness EF45 but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown. The only marks are some very tiny spots of dark greenish olive toning scattered over the reverse and faint hairlines near the rim left of the hair ribbon. M-LDS with die rust and radial flowlines in the obverse fields. A small, curved planchet clip affects the dentils above IBE and the opposing ones under the 2 in the fraction. Davy #04.12.10. Estimated Value $250-UP. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/31/1993:504. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 281		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF20. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with a splash of darker steel and olive toning in the hair left of the neck. The only notable marks are a spot of raised reddish brown verdigris under the A in STATES and traces of glue over ALF in HALF. Double struck. The first strike was centered on the planchet. The second strike was 10% off center to K-8 leaving the nose and lips of Ms Liberty on the neck of the centered strike and her bust tip on the rim under the 18. The very top of the 4 shows on the rim under the lowest curl. There is no doubling on the reverse, but there is an impression from a new blank planchet positioned about 20% off center that left a depressed arc through the fraction. Apparently the second strike created an off center reverse brockage impression on the second planchet. There is swelling at the top of the wreath which is consistent with being a brockage-maker. A neat error. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #04.13.30. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/16/1991:31. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 282		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems F12. Double Struck with Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper with a few faint hairline scratches on the portrait, none visible without the aid of a glass. The only other mark is a pinprick high on the neck near the hair and two more under HA in HALF. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and attractive, void of any hint of roughness or verdigris. Glossy chocolate brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Double struck. The initial strike was slightly off center to K-2 and the second impression was centered on the planchet but rotated 45 degrees CW relative to the first. The face and neck of Ms Liberty from the first strike are clearly visible on the head and face of the dominant second impression, and her face is positioned looking at ER in LIBERTY. The reverse was struck against a new blank planchet during the second strike creating an incuse impression of the reverse on that planchet. The telltale swelling from being struck against a new blank planchet is obvious on the reverse. The swelling is strongest when there is significant rotation between the impressions, and that certainly is the case here. A very nice example of this type of mint error. Davy #04.13.32. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jonathan Kern 1/25/1992. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 283		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG8. Double Struck Off Center with Rotation, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but there is a minor bend in the planchet at the rim over BE in LIBERTY and this has caused excessive wear on the opposing rim right of the fraction. This bend may have been created at the mint when things got jammed up in the press. Mostly glossy light chocolate and steel brown. Struck at least twice and perhaps three times. One of the impressions was normal and centered on the planchet. Another strike about 30% off center to K-7 left the top of Ms Liberty's head clearly visible in the hair left of the forehead of the dominant strike. This off center strike is rotated slightly CCW relative to the dominant impression. There is no evidence of doubling on the reverse, but an impression about 65% off center from a blank planchet covers the lower third of that side. The edge of this planchet is impressed through the I in UNITED to the C in AMERICA and an off center reverse brockage was created in the process. A very interesting multiple error, and you don't need a glass to see the evidence on this one. Davy #04.13.16. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Jim McGuigan 1/19/1986. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 284		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF35. Double Struck over Off Center Reverse Brockage. Very attractive glossy olive brown and steel with frost in protected areas. No hint of roughness or verdigris. The only notable mark is a light diagonal hairline scratch in the field before the chin. Double struck. The initial strike was a reverse brockage struck about 30% off center. The misstruck piece was then sent through the press a second time and struck normally. Clear evidence of the incuse reverse brockage shows on the obverse rim from K-12 clockwise to K-4, and an impressed arc from the outer edge of the previously struck piece being struck against this planchet shows from LI through the hair ribbon and lower curls to the rim under the bust tip. Portions of the normally struck reverse, including several leaves and berries from the wreath, show clearly on the rim above AMERIC of the centered strike. An attractive example of a really neat mint error. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.29. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 6/6/1991. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 285		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG10. Double Struck with Off Center Reverse Brockage. Sharpness near VF25 but dark and covered with extremely fine roughness. No verdigris, and the only marks are a couple small, dull digs on the bottom of the neck. Dark steel with some gloss on the highpoints while most of the planchet is rather dull. Double struck. One strike was normal but there is an 80% off center reverse brockage impression at the bust tip. Clear incuse designs of the wreath are visible on the rim off the bust tip and portions of a letter (perhaps an E or F) from the legend outside the wreath shows on the rim under the bust tip. In addition, weaker but easily visible evidence of another strike shows at the second S in STATES. Most likely the initial strike was the off center reverse brockage and the second was the normally centered impression. Davy #04.13.44. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Lanny Reinhardt 6/3/1996. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 286		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems F15. Double Struck over Centered Reverse Brockage. Nice glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter chocolate toning on the devices. Smooth surfaces that display only minor contact marks mixed in with the brockage undertype. The initial strike was a reverse brockage and the second was normal with both impressions centered on the planchet. Clear evidence of the brockage strike shows on the bust and drapery where incuse parts of the wreath are visible, and an incuse "OF" shows plainly at the 04 in the date. Even stronger evidence of the normal reverse from the first strike is visible at the top of the wreath of the second strike, and additional undertype shows elsewhere around the wreath. The strike of the normal second impression is a bit uneven leaving weakness at UNITED but everything shows. Davy #04.13.7. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex NASCA auction of the Scott collection, 4/28/1980:1168. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 287		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG8. Double Struck over Slightly Off Center Reverse Brockage. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with smooth, problem-free surfaces. No notable contact marks, but the fields on both sides are rather busy thanks to numerous designs remaining from the earlier brockage strike. The initial strike was a reverse brockage slightly off center while the second strike was normal and properly centered on the planchet. Strong undertype from the first strike shows on both sides with the incuse brockage designs showing on the obverse side of the second strike. A very nice example of this type of mint error, perhaps worthy of a slightly higher grade. Davy #04.13.43. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/8/1994:64 (via Don Valenziano). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 288		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems AG3. Double Struck over Reverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. No defects other than a few minor contact marks, just well worn. The date and legends remain readable except for the fraction, which is faint. The first strike was a reverse brockage with the incuse impression very slightly off center while the second was normal and centered on the planchet. Clear, ample incuse undertype from the initial impression shows on the obverse of the normal strike. The incuse undertype is far more obvious than you would expect given the amount of wear on this half cent and it includes most of HALF CENT, UNITED, and the fraction. The undertype on the reverse is far less obvious, but it can be found in the left side of the wreath. Very nice for the grade, perhaps closer to G4. Davy #04.13.23. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 4/15/1989 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 289		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF20. Tab Double Strike. Sharpness near VF35 but the tab from the badly off center second strike was tapped down to make the half cent "round," and the rim opposite the tab was also flattened a bit in the process. (Many of the early tab strikes were "repaired" in this manner, perhaps in an effort to make them more acceptable in commerce.) Otherwise the only marks of any significance are some very faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a relatively strong rim nick at F-A. Frosty steel and chocolate brown. Double struck. The first impression was normal and centered on the planchet but it failed to eject completely before the dies came together again creating a tab strike 90-95% off center. An arc of dentils from the dies shows on both sides of the tab, but there are no design elements visible in the tab. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.51. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Doug Bird 5/4/2006 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 290		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF20. Tab Double Strike. Sharpness EF40 but the tab from the off center second strike was tapped down to restore the proper round shape of the half cent, and the rim opposite the tab was also flattened a bit in the process. Attractive glossy steel and light olive with subtle overtones of light bluish steel. Frosty luster covers the protected areas. This piece presents quite a challenge to figure out a logical sequence of events, but it certainly was struck more than once. It appears it was struck normally the first time but the piece failed to eject completely and the dies struck it a second time 90-95% off center leaving a tab extending off the edge. The portion of the tab over STATES has much of the BE in LIBERTY showing. However, it appears that when the tab was tapped down to restore the proper round shape of the half cent the tab folded over and the "BE" started out on the obverse side of the centered strike. Unfortunately the "BE" is retrograde when viewed as part of a tab strike (but in normal relief, not incuse) and would appear that way from either side if it was part of a tab impression. Conversely, the "BE" reads properly if it was part of a normal centered strike. Apparently there was more going on here and more than two strikes may have been involved. It also appears the obverse part of the tab was struck against a new blank planchet rather than the die as there are no traces of dentils. This is an impressive mint error, but you can hurt your head trying to figure out exactly what happened. Davy #04.13.14. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Bob Grellman 4/13/1985 (during the EAC Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 291		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems G4. Tab Double Strike, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with extremely fine roughness that dulls the natural gloss. No verdigris or notable contact marks. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive. Double struck. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet. The piece then failed to eject completely and was struck a second time 90% off center with a new blank planchet also in the press. The obverse was struck by the obverse die about 90% off center and at an angle thanks to part of the new blank planchet being in the way leaving ERT from LIBERTY under the 04 in the date. An impressed arc from the new blank planchet shows at ES-OF, deepest at ES thanks to the two planchets not being on the same plain when the dies pressed against them. That couldn't have been good for the dies or the press, but it's good for us. Davy #04.11.14. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 6/6/1991. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 292		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VG7. Multiple Strikes over Reverse Brockages. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with generous traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on the obverse. The planchet is smooth and void of any notable marks other than a delamination at RIC in AMERICA. This piece was struck at least 4 times. There are two clearly defined reverse brockage impressions under the normal obverse. One brockage impression left an incuse ERIC in the field left of the hair ribbon, and another strike was responsible for the incuse fraction above the head, CENT across the portrait, and TATES immediately following ERIC that was part of the other (first?) brockage impression. In addition, the obverse displays clear evidence of being struck two times by the obverse die. Ms Liberty and the date are sharply doubled but the shift between impressions is small, perhaps a half millimeter. Nonetheless, there is a lot going on. The reverse was struck at least two times by the reverse die. The offset was small, largest at HALF and on the left side of the wreath, but doubling is apparent nearly everywhere. Based on the four strikes endured by the obverse, it's reasonable to assume the reverse was struck with something (die, blank planchet, or other struck half cent) an equal number of times. Another great example of the trouble our early mint had striking these lowly little half sisters. Davy #04.13.18. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/1988 (during the ANA Convention). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 293		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems F12. Double Struck with Minor Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Sharpness VF20 but there are some small contact marks on the reverse, mostly inside the wreath. Some of these marks were strong enough to cause a subtle bulge in the center of the obverse. Otherwise the surfaces are nice, smooth and void of any significant defects. Glossy light chocolate brown with reddish chocolate toning in protected areas. A long, thin nick off the end of the right ribbon end is the best identifying mark. Double struck. The initial strike was normal and centered but a second strike occurred with a small, perhaps .5 to 1.0mm, CW rotation between impressions. The doubling shows clearly on the obverse, especially along the back of the head and on the upper edge of the bust. Ms Liberty has two eyes. The reverse, however, shows no doubling from being struck by the reverse die. Instead it was struck against a new blank planchet that was positioned about 10% off center leaving an impressed arc at TES OF. The second blank became an off-center reverse brockage as a result. A decent example of a simple, easily explained mint error. LDS, Manley state 3.0. Davy #04.13.45. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Ernest J. Montgomery, Heritage 1997 ANA Sale 7/31/1997:8097 (coin #2 of a 2-coin lot). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 294		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems G5. Double Struck with Minor Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Very slightly sharper but there is a significant nick-like pinch on the rim under the 0 in the date and at the opposing rim over E in STATES. The surfaces are not perfectly smooth and there are some old, light contact marks covering the field behind the portrait. But it doesn't look as bad as these words might imply. The date and legends are complete and clear and the devices remain glossy chocolate brown while the fields are a less glossy olive and dark chocolate. Double struck with a small, perhaps .5mm, CW rotation between the strikes. The doubling is clear along the back of the head and upper edge of the bust, and Ms Liberty has two mouths. The reverse shows no doubling. Instead it was pressed against a new blank planchet creating a reverse brockage during the second strike. Very similar to the preceding lot, although the extra blank planchet was centered against this piece. MDS, Manley state 2.0, showing many clear dentils on the reverse. Davy #04.13.25. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $92
Lot 295		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF30. Double Struck with Minor Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Glossy chocolate and steel with underlying flowline luster showing through in protected areas. Close to a slightly higher grade but there is a long, thin nick on the bust and a tiny rim nick behind the head. Double struck with a rotation of less than .5mm CW between the impressions. Clear doubling shows on much of the obverse, including the date, LIBERTY, and the ribbons. The reverse shows no doubling. Instead it displays a trace of the usual swelling associated with being struck against a new blank planchet thereby creating a reverse brockage. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.24. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 10/22/1988. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 296		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems F15. Double Struck with Minor Shift. Ten points sharper but the planchet is covered with extremely fine roughness that's visible only with the aid of a good glass. No verdigris, and the only notable marks are a fine pinscratch in the field behind the head and a dull pinch on the rim just right of the fraction. Frosty chocolate and light olive brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas and darker steel toning on the highpoints. Double struck with a tiny offset to K-9 on both sides. The doubling is clearly visible on the date, profile, and much of LIBERTY with similar doubling on the wreath and fraction. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.37. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 10/27/1992. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 297		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF25. Triple Struck with Minor Shift. Sharpness AU50 but there is an obvious dig high on the neck that is really three closely spaced shallow digs that connect. In addition, there is "XXXI" carefully cut onto the edge of the planchet under the bust tip, but this mark only shows when you look directly at the edge. The surfaces are decent but traces of extremely faint granularity can be found in protected areas. No verdigris. Mostly glossy reddish chocolate and steel with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. This piece was struck three times but the offset between impressions was small, less than a half millimeter. Sharp, clear doubling shows on the date, LIBERTY, and most of the portrait. The reverse displays clear triple outlines on parts of HALF CENT, the ribbon, fraction, and UNI in addition to clear doubling everywhere else on that side. The date and LIBERTY are very thin due to the shift in strikes and that gives this piece a very curious appearance. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.41. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 10/27/1993. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 298		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems F15. Double Profile/Chatter Strike. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with hints of bluish steel overtones on the reverse. Smooth and attractive, free of any notable defects. There is a clearly defined double profile from the tip of the nose down to the throat plus similar doubling on the hair ribbons. The shift was to K-10 and is attributable to die bounce rather than a real double strike. The reverse displays no hint of doubling or of the swelling that we usually see after being struck against a new blank planchet creating a brockage. MDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #04.13.33. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:209. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 299		1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF20. Clipped Planchet. Ten points sharper but there are several small, shallow spots of carbon scattered over both sides plus a stain at NITED that was rubbed exposing a bit of the underlying coppery brown color. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and the toning is an attractive glossy chocolate and steel brown with traces of silvery gray in a few of the protected areas. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0 early. There is a curved planchet clip at K-9 on both sides. Davy #04.13.27. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Bob Grellman 10/10/1990. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138

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