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Sale 65
The Pre-Long Beach Auction
| Selections from the Davy Collection of US Half Cents Part 2 |
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Lot 350 |
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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG10. Sharpness VF30 but dark and covered with fine granularity. No verdigris or notable contact marks, but there is some shallow scale in the field left of the lower end of the hair ribbon and a bit more right of the second S in STATES. Dark steel and olive with slightly lighter chocolate toning on the highpoints. Those highpoints display a bit of gloss but the remainder of the toning is closer to matte. Rare MDS, Manley state 4.0 early. A fine but relatively clear die crack extends up to the dentils from the top of the B and a faint one reaches up from between the E & R to the dentils. A strong cud break connects TY to the rim. The date and legends are clear and the overdate is obvious. Mentioned by Manley as an example of state 4.0 (Superior 6/98:47). Davy #08.2.17.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1/1998:47.
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$483 |
Lot 351 |
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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG10+. Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown. The planchet is smooth and this piece offers excellent eye appeal for the grade, close to F12. Finding an identifying mark presents quite a challenge; a faint hairline scratch under the ribbon end left of the wreath will have to suffice. Rare MDS, Manley state 4.0 early. The cud break at TY is strong and the die cracks up from the top of the B and from between the E & R are faint. The die state is essentially identical to the preceding lot, but this one offers far more eye appeal in spite of the reduced sharpness. Davy #08.2.7.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Bill Weber 2/1/1982.
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$3,105 |
Lot 352 |
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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 Fair-2. Very slightly sharper but there is a strong dent or concentration of dull digs just right of the D in UNITED plus a few hairline scratches under HALF. Otherwise the planchet is smooth and void of notable marks, just very heavily worn. The date is weak but easily readable and about half of the legends are visible. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Extremely rare M-LDS, Manley state 5.0. The areas above BE and RT are clearly sunken as retained cuds. Not much to look at but just try to find another in this die state. Davy #08.2.16.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Doug Durasoff, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/2004:50.
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$748 |
Lot 353 |
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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 VG7. Sharpness F15 or so but dark with small areas of roughness at the rim on the right and left sides of the obverse. There are some contact marks scattered about both sides, plus a deep punchmark on the leaf below E in UNITED and a scrape on the rim at RI in AMERICA. Glossy very dark olive and steel brown, nearly black. Not the most attractive half cent in this sale, but the die state makes up for at least part of the deficiency. Extremely rare LDS, Manley state 6.0, with strong cud breaks at BE and TY in LIBERTY. Only 3 examples of this state are known (all relatively ugly) and two of those are offered in this sale. The piece offered here is arguably the finest of the three. Davy #08.2.8.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Jim McGuigan 7/25/1984.
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$978 |
Lot 354 |
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1808/7 C-2 Overdate 8 over 7 G6. Sharpness VF20 but the planchet is covered with uniform moderate roughness, mostly in the form of granularity. The surface quality suggests that this piece may have spent some time lost in soil after very limited service in commerce. No verdigris, but there is a deep, obvious gouge across the hair right of the ribbon and a less obvious scrape in the field under the L in LIBERTY. Otherwise this piece is free of marks or other flaws. Slightly glossy very dark steel and olive. Extremely rare LDS, Manley state 6.0, with strong cud breaks at TY and BE. The section over RT is sunken into a retained cud. Second finest of the three examples known to us in this die state, and our census is 7-6-5 making this one CC#2, slightly ahead of the G5 Lee:258 example. This is the Manley plate coin for the die state (page 191). Davy #08.2.13.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:251.
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$1,553 |
Lot 355 |
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Pair of 1807 & 1808 Half Cents. Includes 1807 C-1 MDS (Manley 2.0) VG8 (Davy #07.1.13) and 1808/7 C-2 EDS (Manley 1.0 but with a faux die crack on the reverse) G4 (Davy #08.2.6). Both are slightly sharper with defects. Lot of 2 coins.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Sources in order are M&R Auctions 12/7/87:91 and Bill Noyes 5/11/81.
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$184 |
Lot 356 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VF30. Ten points sharper but there is a small spot of raised hard verdigris at the dentils left of the date. The remainder of the planchet is smooth and attractive. The only significant contact mark is a horizontal nick on the left side of the O in OF. Glossy light olive and steel with a couple small areas of darker olive toning on both sides and lots of frosty tan and light golden brown toning in protected areas. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a fine die crack from the rim to the left foot of the I in UNITED. Both dies are worn and flowlined and the details have become mushy. This piece is plated in the first edition of the Cohen half cent book to illustrate the variety. Davy #08.3.23.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Ex Lester Merkin 3/1969:615-Roger Cohen-R. Tettenhorst-Roger Cohen-Jim McGuigan-Bill Weber-Russell Wyatt sale, Superior 9/30/1985:161 (where plated)-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:254.
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$460 |
Lot 357 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VF20. Sharpness VF35 but harshly cleaned and retoned glossy olive and steel brown with artificial faded red covering the protected areas on both sides. No marks or other defects. Would benefit from a proper retoning. LDS, Manley state 5.0. The die crack through I in UNITED to the wreath is clear and a new crack connects the first S in STATES to the leaf below. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. Davy #08.3.1.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Harrisburg Numismatic Gallery 3/27/1971.
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$144 |
Lot 358 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VG7. A point or two sharper with microscopic roughness in protected areas of the reverse, a vertical hairline scratch through the N in CENT, and a rim nick opposite the chin. Slightly glossy very dark steel brown and chocolate. MDS, Manley state 3.0, the reverse rotated 55 degrees CCW. This is the example of C-3 that Ebenezer Gilbert saw as a different variety (the obverse is plated in his book as #3 on his plate III, and it is listed at the highest rarity level). The "difference" he noted results from a dull and easily overlooked dent at the highest wave of hair under ER which caused the hair to appear closer to those letters than on other examples of the normal date 1808 variety. This specific piece is discussed in the Breen book on page 287. Not at all rare now that we know what happened, but still unique in its own way and an interesting piece of half cent history. Comes with a nice provenance. Davy #08.4.1.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Ebenezer Gilbert-Commodore Eaton-Joseph Brobston-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 4/26/1977.
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$368 |
Lot 359 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G4 but Holed. Off Center. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with smooth surfaces and no defects other than a small hole drilled through the planchet above the right top of the Y in LIBERTY. Half of this hole is positioned on the unstruck portion of the planchet and the remainder goes through some dentils. Struck 20% off center to K-7.5. Most of the date is off the planchet but the very top of the 0 and more of the top of the second 8 remain visible on the planchet. A very rare type of mint error for half cents struck in the 1800's. Too bad about the small hole, but people didn't show much respect for mint errors in the "old days." Davy #08.3.13.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Melnick auction, 11/19/1982:123.
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$299 |
Lot 360 |
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1808 C-3 R1 AG3. Off Center Obverse Brockage. Sharpness VG8 or so but there are several dull dents on the obverse and the surfaces are covered with fine roughness under the rather glossy dark olive brown and chocolate patina. The highpoints are a lighter shade of chocolate brown. Struck 20% off center to K-7. The obverse was struck by the die while the reverse was pressed into the obverse of an already struck coin that remained in the press, thereby creating an off center obverse brockage on the reverse of this piece. The normal and incuse designs are off center by the same degree but are rotated slightly so the images do not line up perfectly. Only the very top of the date digits made it onto the planchet, the top of the second 8 clearest since it is positioned so high relative to the other 3 digits. A very rare type of error for this date. Davy #08.3.15.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Richard Gross (the Baltimore Collection via Ron Guth) 3/20/1983.
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$4,025 |
Lot 361 |
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1808 C-3 R1 F12. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. Smooth and attractive for the grade. Free of any hint of corrosion or verdigris with only minor contact marks, none notable. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The reverse is rotated 50 degrees CCW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation. Double struck. The first strike was a 10-15% off center obverse brockage. The second strike was normal and centered on the planchet with the obverse struck over the incuse brockage impression from the initial strike. The incuse RTY from LIBERTY is clearly visible at the bust tip of the second strike, and obvious undertype of the head from the off center normal obverse of the first strike shows on the upper right part of the reverse. A clean, attractive example of this type of mint error. Davy #08.3.32.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Ernest J. Montgomery, Heritage 1997 ANA Sale 7/31/1997:8107 (1 of a 2-coin lot).
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$460 |
Lot 362 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G5. Triple Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. A point or two sharper but there are a couple dozen tiny pits scattered over the right half of the obverse, the largest of these off the tip of the bust. Mostly glossy steel brown and chocolate with a few spots of darker olive toning on the left side of the obverse. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with the reverse rotated 15 degrees CCW. Struck at least three times. The obverse displays two strikes, the first slightly off center to the bottom and the second nearly centered on the planchet. Strong doubling with an offset near a millimeter shows on the profile from the top of the head to under the tip of the bust, and the date is distorted as well. The reverse shows evidence of three strikes, and only two of these line up with the obverse impressions. There is clear doubling on the right half of the wreath, clearest in the leaves under ICA and below the first A in AMERICA. In addition, there is an off center incuse obverse brockage impression of the ends of the hair ribbons at the top of the wreath and an arc of incuse dentils through the center of the wreath extending to OF. There was a lot going on here, and it took our mint several attempts to get this one right--or nearly so. Davy #08.3.35.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex George Trostel, 2002 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/20/2002:64.
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$719 |
Lot 363 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G5. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Obverse Brockage Maker. Sharpness VG10 but covered with light to moderate granularity. No verdigris or contact marks. Dull dark reddish steel and olive with lighter steel brown highpoints. Double struck. The initial strike was normal but this piece failed to eject completely as a new blank planchet was inserted into the coining chamber. The reverse shows a strong second strike 55% off center to K-1 while the corresponding area on the obverse shows a shallow indent from being pressed into the new blank planchet, thereby creating an off center obverse brockage on the second planchet. A very bold mint error, just too bad about the imperfect surfaces. Davy #08.3.28.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Chris Young 4/15/1995.
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$391 |
Lot 364 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G5. Double Struck over Off Center Uniface Obverse. Glossy light chocolate and steel brown with darker chocolate toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and attractive but a glass reveals old hairline scratches hidden in the toning on the right side of the obverse. LDS. Double struck. The first strike was well off center and the neck of Ms Liberty from this impression is clearly visible at the tip of the bust of the centered second strike. The reverse shows a strongly impressed arc from a blank planchet at the top of the wreath, and it appears this impression was made before the second strike occurred. The off center obverse strike does not line up with the impressed arc, so things were getting quite jammed up in the coining chamber. Davy #08.3.26.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 9/30/1994.
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$299 |
Lot 365 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VF25. Double Struck over Off Center Brockage. Five points sharper and quite attractive, but there is a dull contact mark through AT in STATES and a small splash of reddish chocolate toning just left of the numerator. Otherwise this piece is choice and offers outstanding eye appeal for the grade. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with frosty lighter brown toning covering the protected areas on the reverse. MDS, Manley state 3.0. Double struck. One strike is normal and centered on the planchet but there is an arc of dentils across the lower part of the neck extending into the hair. This arc may be from a die or from a struck half cent (incuse brockage), but it appears to have come prior to the normal centered strike. There is no other evidence of an additional strike on either side. Davy #08.3.27.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 9/30/1994.
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$345 |
Lot 366 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G5. Double Struck over Slightly Off Center Obverse Brockage. The obverse is very slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker. Rather glossy chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning covering the fields and protected areas. The two-tone appearance accents the designs and aids the eye appeal of an otherwise well worn half cent. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth with microscopic roughness under the natural toning. Double struck. The first strike was an obverse brockage struck slightly off center to K-6. The second strike was normal and centered on the planchet. Strong evidence from the first strike shows from the top of the head down to the chin, and the shift between strikes is about a millimeter wide in most places. Similar doubling shows at the bust tip, and the top of the second 8 from the first strike shows just right of the date from the centered strike. Evidence of the incuse obverse brockage of the first strike shows at the bottom of the reverse. The incuse profile of the top of the head passes through the numerator and the tops of some letters of LIBERTY extend through the denominator, but they are not as obvious as the obverse undertype. An interesting mint error, but unfortunately in low grade as so often seen for these early "mistakes." Davy #08.3.5.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 12/6/1974.
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$414 |
Lot 367 |
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1808 C-3 R1 G6. Double Struck Obverse, Reverse Brockage Maker. Sharpness F12 or a bit better but the surfaces are covered with fine to moderate roughness. No verdigris or notable marks, but this piece was lightly burnished leaving the devices a rather glossy shade of golden tan while darker olive brown and chocolate shows in protected areas. M-LDS. The obverse was struck two times leaving clear doubling with an offset of about a millimeter from the hair under RT down to the chin. The first strike was slightly off center to the bottom while the second was centered on the planchet. Less obvious evidence from the off center first strike shows as the truncation passes through the center of the date. The reverse was struck only once by the die, and it lines up with the slightly off center obverse impression. That suggests that the reverse was struck into a new blank planchet during the second strike creating an incuse brockage impression, but this is only an educated guess as the offset between the obverse strikes was too small to generate significant swelling on the reverse. Davy #08.3.36.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Steven Ellsworth, 2002 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/20/2002:65.
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$276 |
Lot 368 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VF25. Chatter Struck Obverse. Glossy olive brown and steel. Smooth and attractive, free of any trace of roughness or verdigris. The only marks are a few trivial ticks at the top of the wreath. Overall a choice example for the grade. LDS, Manley state 5.0. There is sharp but narrow doubling on the profile from the tip of the nose down to the bottom of the neck with stronger doubling on the hair ribbons. This doubling may be from a second strike, but die bounce (chatter strike) is a more likely cause. (Today we usually refer to this type of doubling as "machine doubling" but the "machines" in 1808 were mostly guys using their muscles.) The reverse shows no trace of doubling. The strike was very slightly off center to K-6. An attractive piece regardless of the terminology you prefer. Davy #08.3.37.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 10/1/1993.
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$414 |
Lot 369 |
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1808 C-3 R1 F15. Chatter Struck Obverse. Ten points sharper but there are too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade. These include a fine hairline scratch from the bust tip into the field off the chin and another vertical one just left of the lower curls, plus many tiny nicks scattered over both sides and a dull pinprick over the H in HALF. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and the color is a very attractive glossy chocolate brown mixed with some slightly lighter brown tones on the obverse. Nicely struck E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with the reverse rotated 165 degrees CW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation. The obverse displays strong evidence of a chatter strike (die bounce, similar to the preceding lot). There is sharp but narrow doubling on the date, curls under the ribbon, RTY, and bust truncation above the date. The reverse shows no trace of doubling, which suggests the bouncing hammer die (the die that moves in the press) was the obverse. An attractive piece in spite of the marks. Davy #08.3.20.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 9/14/1988.
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$253 |
Lot 370 |
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1808 C-3 R1 VG8. Clipped Planchet. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and very nice for the grade, nearly flawless. There is a minor planchet clip affecting the dentils left of the hair ribbons and at the opposing dentils over TE in UNITED. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0 late. The die crack from the dentils to the left foot of the I in UNITED extends down to the wreath. Davy #08.3.24.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:255.
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$104 |
Lot 371 |
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1808 C-3 R1 AG3. Clipped Planchet. Slightly glossy light olive brown and chocolate. The surfaces are not perfectly smooth, particularly in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, but there is a shallow dent just right of the date and an old vertical pinscratch in the field behind the portrait. The date is easily readable and LIBERTY is clear, but only about two-thirds of the reverse legend remains readable. There is a curved planchet clip left of the hair ribbon and over ED-ST that just touches the tops of the D and S. A very rare type of error for this year but heavily worn. Davy #08.3.29.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
Source unrecorded 4/15/1995.
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$46 |
Lot 372 |
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1808 C-3 R1 AU50. Elongated Souvenir of 1994 Detroit ANA Convention. The host half cent may have graded Good or so before being rolled out at the convention. The date can just be made out and much of the legend remains easily readable. Frosty chocolate brown with generous traces of "mint" red remaining in protected areas on the reverse (the side with the raised convention logo design). Obvious quite rare as very few collectors would be willing to sacrifice a collectible half cent for an elongated convention souvenir. Davy #08.3.30.
Estimated Value $25-UP.
Ex 1997 EAC Sale, lot 71.
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$52 |
Lot 373 |
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1809 C-2 R3. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty chocolate and bluish steel brown with the luster and eye appeal of a mint state piece. Just a hint of rub on the highest points. The only defect is a shallow scrape on the rim at F-AMER. LDS, Manley state 4.0 late. The rim cud break at F-A is clear, a smaller one shows over the M, and another is visible at star 11. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees CCW. An attractive example; tied for CC#4 in the Spurlock census for this scarce variety. Our grade is AU55. PCGS population 1; none finer. The attribution and Davy provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Davy #09.2.5.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 9/8/1976.
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$11,500 |
Lot 374 |
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1809 C-2 R3 VG10. Glossy chocolate brown with slightly darker olive brown toning on the reverse. Attractive for the grade. The only notable mark is a fine vertical scratch from the second S in STATES down to the left foot of A in HALF. LDS, Manley state 4.0 late. The rim cud breaks at star 11, F-A, and over the M are clearly defined in spite of the grade. Davy #09.2.7.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Mail Bid Sale #2, 6/14/1994:27.
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$201 |
Lot 375 |
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1809 C-3 R1 VF25. Double Struck with Minor Shift. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy light olive and steel. No corrosion, verdigris, or contact marks. Double struck but the offset between impressions is small, about a half millimeter, toward the K-1 position. Doubling is clearly visible on the date and portrait, especially on the profile, but there is no trace of doubling on the stars. The reverse has sharp doubling on HALF CENT and on a few of the inner leaves of the wreath, but the legend outside the wreath is normal. Davy #09.3.22.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 5/15/1995.
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$276 |
Lot 376 |
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1809 C-3 R1 VG8. Double Struck with Minor Shift. Slightly sharper with a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. The only significant marks are a fine vertical scratch up through the bust tip to the field right of star 4 and a short scratch just right of the D in UNITED. Glossy light olive and steel. Double struck with a small offset of no more than a half millimeter. Doubling shows on the date, portrait, and stars, and Ms Liberty appears to have three lips. The doubling on the reverse is less obvious, clearest on the wreath. LDS, Manley state 2.0. Davy #09.3.14.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
Ex Chris McCawley 11/9/1990.
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$173 |
Lot 377 |
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1809 C-3 R1 VG10. Chatter Struck Obverse. Sharper by at least 5 points but there is a small splash of fine corrosion mixed with verdigris under the 18 in the date. The remainder of this piece is smooth and attractive with only a few minor contact marks. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Frosty flowline luster peeks through in the protected areas on both sides. Sharp, clear doubling from die bounce shows on the date, portrait, and stars 1-4, and the shift is toward the top. There is no trace of doubling on the reverse. Davy #09.3.17.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 1/5/1993.
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$104 |
Lot 378 |
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1809 C-4 R2 Repunched 0 in Date VF30+. Small 0 inside Larger 0 in Date. Attractive light olive brown and chocolate with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the upper right of the reverse from a too-vigorous brushing in that area. Very nice for the grade, close to VF35. The best identifying mark is a dull, light rim nick above star 8. MDS, Manley state 1.0. The dies are starting to show fine radial flowlines but the small 0 inside the normal 0 in the date is sharp. The always-present die hub flaw across the neck into the hair right of the Y is strong. Davy #09.4.11.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:266.
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$834 |
Lot 379 |
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1809 C-4 R2 Repunched 0 in Date AG3. Off Center. A point or two sharper where properly struck but the surfaces are covered with light roughness that's partially hidden under a rather glossy chocolate and dark olive brown patina. There are traces of shallow verdigris on both sides and a trail of four thin nicks in the hair under LIBERTY. Struck 15% off center to K-2 leaving stars 8-13 and AMERICA off the planchet. The date, however, is complete and clear. The repunching inside the 0 in the date is faint. Davy #09.4.10.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 4/27/1991.
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$265 |
Lot 380 |
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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 EF45. Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned. The eye appeal is excellent and it was purchased as "BU." The only marks are a few tiny ticks on the left end of the line below CENT. E-MDS, Manley state 1.0. The obverse dentilation is complete and remnants of the 6 or inverted 9 under the normal 9 are obvious. Davy #09.5.1.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Cedar City Coin Center 4/2/1970.
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$460 |
Lot 381 |
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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. No notable defects and a very ordinary piece except for the unique terminal die state. There are cud breaks extending into the fields at the bust tip and under the 80 in the date, and no evidence of damage or planchet flaws can be found to dispute these are real cuds. A prior examination by Manley and Grellman determined the die state was not late and in fact was rather early, but subsequent study and careful comparison with other examples in various die states shows this piece is, indeed, from the latest state of the dies. This analysis was complicated by the low grade of the piece, but the smooth, corrosion-free surfaces made the analysis possible. The die crack from star 3 to the dentils is wide and strong compared to the earlier die states. This piece is plated in both editions of the Cohen book and in the Manley book on half cent die states (page 211). No other examples have been reported showing either of the cud breaks. The undertype 6 or inverted 9 is still visible under the normal 9, but it is weak. Weight 72.6 grains. Davy #09.5.19.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:278.
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$2,415 |
Lot 382 |
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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Rather glossy light olive and steel with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. No notable marks, but both sides display traces of very fine roughness, especially on the upper part of the reverse. Double struck. The obverse was struck by the die two times. One strike (probably the first) was normal and centered on the planchet. The other strike (probably the second) was slightly off center to the right bottom (perhaps the K-4 position) and rotated about 10 degrees CW relative to the centered impression. The result is two dates, one in the normal position and another tucked slightly below with the 09 clearly visible under the normal 09. Doubling also shows at the throat and in the curls at the back of the portrait. The reverse was struck two times as well. The first strike was by the reverse die and is centered. The second strike was against a new blank planchet inserted only half way into the coining chamber. An impressed arc from the blank planchet shows on the upper half of the reverse, and this extra strike created an off center reverse brockage on the new planchet. Struck with the dies in a relatively early state as the repunching on the 9 is clear. An interesting multiple mint error. Davy #09.5.16.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Tom Reynolds 7/22/1988 (during the ANA Convention).
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$265 |
Lot 383 |
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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 AG3. Tab Double Strike. A point or two sharper but covered with moderate granularity and there are a few shallow pitmarks at the top of the obverse. No verdigris, but both sides show myriad hairline scratches hidden in the natural patina. A dull scrape at the bottom of star 13 and another off the forehead are the only additional marks worthy of mention. Slightly glossy olive with lighter chocolate brown covering the devices. The date is clear and the legends are nearly complete. The repunching on the 9 is visible but not strong. Double struck. The first strike was normal and centered on the planchet but the coin failed to eject completely from the coining chamber and a second strike at least 90% off center created a tab at stars 5 & 6 and at NIT from UNITED. The reverse of the tab was struck by the reverse die leaving three leaves from the wreath, but the obverse side of the tab was struck against a new blank planchet. An impressive mint error that is obvious to the unaided eye in spite of the low grade. Davy #09.5.17.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 11/9/1990.
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$150 |
Lot 384 |
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1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 VF25. Clipped Planchet. Ten points sharper but there are a couple small splashes of very fine roughness at the top of the head and a few more on the lower left part of the reverse. Traces of raised verdigris show in some of these rough spots but the remainder of the planchet is smooth. There are a few light contact marks on the chin, neck, and in the field above the bust plus a scuff of fine hairline scratches inside the wreath. Mostly glossy chocolate brown mottled with darker olive brown on the reverse. Sharply struck EDS, Manley state 1.0. The repunching on the 9 is sharp. A minor planchet clip affects the dentils above the back of the head and the opposing dentils under the end of the wreath stem. Davy #09.5.13.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Richard Gross (the Baltimore Collection via Ron Guth) 3/20/1983.
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$207 |
Lot 385 |
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1809 C-6 R1 EF45+. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate with lots of frosty tan and light steel brown faded down from mint color in the protected areas. Very close to AU50 offering outstanding eye appeal. The best identifying marks are a small rim nick above star 8 and a very light rim bruise at RI in AMERICA. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0 late. A thin rim cud shows at stars 9-10 and a very thin one is starting to form above star 8. Davy #09.6.4.
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 4/26/1977.
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$1,380 |
Lot 386 |
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1809 C-6 R1 F12. Glossy olive brown and steel. No defects, only a few minor contact marks consistent with the grade. A small nick under the right foot of the N in CENT and a pair of dull rim nicks over the M in AMERICA are good identifying marks. Rare LDS, Manley state 7.0. A continuous rim cud break shows from above the head clockwise to the bottom of star 10. The obverse is misaligned to K-9 while the reverse is centered on the planchet, and the reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. This piece is mentioned by Manley as an example of the terminal state (page 216). Davy #09.6.19.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Dennis Coffey 2/2/1985-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:1982.
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$604 |
Lot 387 |
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1809 C-6 R1 F12. Tab Double Strike. Slightly sharper but there is a small spot of very light corrosion close under star 8. Otherwise this piece is smooth and very attractive for the grade. Glossy light chocolate with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. MDS. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation. Double struck. The first strike was normal but the coin failed to eject completely and a second strike that was 95% off center left a narrow tab under the 09 and above ATE at the opposing area on the reverse. Both sides of the tab were struck by the dies as the dentils from those dies are present on both sides of the tab. The second strike was too far off center to transfer any of the design elements to the tab. Davy #09.6.23.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex George Trostel, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/27/2001:1076 (via Don Valenziano 6/5/2001).
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$150 |
Lot 388 |
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1809 C-6 R1 Fair-2. Tab Double Strike. A couple points sharper, especially on the reverse, but the surfaces are granular and the obverse is covered with fine pinscratches. The scratches are old and all are blended nicely into the dark steel and olive toning. No verdigris. The date is complete and easily readable although not strong and most of the legends are weak but readable. This piece was struck at least two times, but the low grade may be hiding evidence of another strike. The obverse shows one strike slightly off center to K-10 plus another impression from an overlapping blank planchet that created a tab at K-10. The reverse shows only a single strike that is centered on the planchet. It appears that the tab impression came first, or at least prior to the centered strike on the reverse, since there is an impressed arc left by the reverse die at the inner edge of the tab. Too bad these errors tend to come in low grades because that makes it especially difficult to figure out exactly what the sequence of errors may have been. Nonetheless, the tab error on this piece is obvious to the unaided eye. Davy #09.6.18.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 11/11/1988.
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$127 |
Lot 389 |
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1809 C-6 R1 VG10. Double Struck over Brockage. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown mixed with some darker shades of reddish chocolate at stars 2-7. The surfaces are smooth except for a few small spots of very shallow greenish verdigris on the reverse, mostly at AME. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with the reverse rotated 90 degrees CCW. It is difficult to determine exactly what happened to this piece, but a few things are fairly clear. The diameter is about a half millimeter larger than normal while the weight is normal at 84.0 grains. Also we can see that the reverse is badly blunted as are stars 8-13. And finally we can see incuse dentils on the reverse rim from the end of the wreath stem clockwise to over the D in UNITED. While I am calling this "double struck over brockage," that is only a guess. Something else must have happened to make this piece look so odd and squeeze it to a larger-than-normal diameter. Take a good look. Davy #09.6.13.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Richard Gross (the Baltimore Collection via Ron Guth) 3/20/1983.
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$230 |
Lot 390 |
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1809 C-6 R1 VF30. Impressed Off Center Planchet Arc on Obverse. Slightly sharper with a couple fine hairline scratches from the nose to the rim over star 8. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter chocolate brown toning in protected areas. An attractive piece in spite of the faint hairline scratches. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. There is a strongly impressed arc from a blank planchet reaching from the rim under the 1 in the date clockwise to the rim above the head. It appears this arc was present before the dies struck the planchet since the surface of the fields leading up to the arc are perfectly level (no metal squeezed out creating a minor bulge on either side of the arc, which would suggest the arc came second). There is no trace of doubling on either side. Nonetheless, there is a reasonably good chance the centered strike came first, the coin failed to eject at all, and a new blank planchet was inserted leaving the impressed arc while creating an off center obverse brockage on the new planchet. This would require no shift between the two die strikes on the reverse, which is a possibility. Either way, this one is not normal and the error is obvious to the unaided eye. Davy #09.6.14.
Estimated Value $400-UP.
Ex Joe Flynn 1/19/1983.
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$357 |
Lot 391 |
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1809 C-6 R1 G4. Off Center. A couple points sharper but the fields and protected areas are covered with very fine granularity while the devices are fairly smooth. No verdigris, but there are some old hairline scratches on the obverse, strongest in the field above the bust tip. These scratches all blend perfectly into the toning but some can be seen without the aid of a glass. Slightly glossy olive brown with chocolate toning on the devices. MDS, Manley state 3.0, with the reverse rotated 30 degrees CW. Struck 10% off center to K-10 leaving stars 1-7 tight to the edge of the planchet and the tops of UNITE missing altogether. The date remains complete and clear. Davy #09.6.16.
Estimated Value $250-UP.
Ex Jim Corrado 4/13/1985 (during EAC Convention).
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$242 |
Lot 392 |
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Trio of Half Cents. Includes 1809 C-2 E-MDS (Manley 2.0) F12 (Davy #09.2.1), 1825 C-2 LDS (Manley 3.0) F12 (Davy #25.2.12), and 1826 C-1 E-MDS (Manley 2.0) VF20 (Davy #26.1.8). A couple are slightly sharper with defects. Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value $150-UP.
Sources in order are Stack's 2/4/72:233, Tom Reynolds 4/15/88, and Randall's Coins 11/24/06.
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$242 |
Lot 393 |
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1811 C-1 R4 G5. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and virtually free of defects. Virtually perfect for the grade. Identifiable by a thin nick under the R in LIBERTY. Extremely rare and probably unique MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a clear die crack through stars 1-4 outlining where the 4-star cud is forming. No other examples have been reported. Plated in the Breen book to illustrate his die state II. Davy #11.1.8.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Frank Wilkinson-Jim McGuigan 1/15/1981.
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$4,370 |
Lot 394 |
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1811 C-1 R4 VG8. Sharpness F12 but covered with light corrosion that has been partially smoothed. Lightly burnished and nicely retoned glossy dark steel brown. No marks or verdigris, and the eye appeal isn't too bad considering the obviously impaired surfaces. Extremely rare (and probably unique) MDS+, Manley state 3.0. The die crack through stars 1-4 is strong and an additional strong radial crack passes from star 2 to the rim completing the outline for the 2-star cud break. The section outside stars 1-2 is slightly raised while the section outside stars 2-4 is slightly sunken, both conditions indicating these sections had become retained cud breaks. No other examples of this die state have been reported. Plated in Breen to illustrate his die state III. Davy #11.1.9.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Jim McGuigan 1/15/1981.
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$6,038 |
Lot 395 |
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1811 C-1 R4 AG3. Several points sharper with many small pitmarks, a dull dent on the rim below star 13, and a slightly bent planchet. Cleaned bright copper with dark steel and olive toning in the protected areas. Extremely rare M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a 2-star cud break involving stars 1 & 2. The date, legends, and cud are all strong. Not the most attractive girl at this dance, but the die state is a very significant redeeming quality. At least 7 examples are known with the 2-star cud break. Davy #11.1.5.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex William K. Raymond 5/1/1976.
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$3,450 |
Lot 396 |
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1811 C-2 R3. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy dark chocolate brown. There are a few microscopic contact marks, including rim nicks at M and RI in AMERICA. MDS, Manley state 2.0, with fine but clear die clashmarks behind the head and above the date. A sharp, very attractive example of this tough date. Our grade is EF40. PCGS population 1; none finer. The attribution and Davy provenance are noted on the PCGS label. And it comes with the famous Showers provenance as well. Davy #11.2.3.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
Ex Stack's (Anderson-duPont) 11/30/1954:1104-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 4/26/1977.
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$26,450 |
Lot 397 |
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1811 C-2 R3 VF25. Sharpness EF40 with uniform microscopic roughness under a slightly glossy dark steel brown patina. No verdigris, and the only mark is a short boomerang-shaped scratch in the field before the eye. LDS, Manley state 3.0, with stronger die clashmarks above the date. The die crack at OF and AMER is clear. Plated in the first edition of the Cohen book to illustrate the variety (page 65). Davy #11.2.8.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex 1971 ANA bourse-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:294.
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$4,830 |
Lot 398 |
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1825 C-2 R1 Counterstamped F15. Mostly glossy chocolate brown. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The tip of the wreath stem is strong. The obverse is nearly covered by a strongly impressed two-line counterstamp. The first line is "J.W" and the second is "J.S.T" in large block letters. This stamp is not listed in Brunk and nothing more is known about the origin. Davy #25.2.10.
Estimated Value $50-UP.
Ex C. W. Brown 3/26/1982.
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$161 |
Lot 399 |
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1825 C-2 R1 AG3 but Holed. Off Center. Nice glossy light chocolate and medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and attractive. A dull dent under the first T in STATES, a pinprick on the top of the 8 in the date, and a small hole drilled through the unstruck portion of the planchet outside star 2 are the notable marks. Of course, the hole is the first thing you see, and it is indicative of the lack of collector-like respect these early errors received from the public. Struck 15% off center to K-2.5. Davy #25.2.13.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 7/5/1989.
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$299 |
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