Lot 174
1797 C-2 R3 AG3. Double Struck Off Center. Glossy chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris, just some hairline scratches in the obverse fields, all blended perfectly into the attractive toning. Double struck. The first strike was 15% off center to K-8 and the second was fairly well centered on the planchet but rotated about 15 degrees relative to the first. LIBERTY now reads LILIBERTY (although several of the letters are weak) and UNITED begins UNUN. The heavy wear obliterates much of the doubling but there is more than enough to see what happened here. The date is gone and the reverse displays obvious swelling, especially in the lower right quadrant. Apparently from a very late state of the dies. Weight 91.4 grains. Davy #97.2.28b.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Don Valenziano 5/16/1993.
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