Lot 303
1811 C-1 R4 G5. Chatter Strike. Slightly sharper but covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris, but there are some faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a subtle dent in the leaves under NT in CENT that resulted in a slight bulge in the head above BERT. Mostly glossy light olive brown and steel. Double struck with a small offset, less than a half millimeter clockwise rotation. The doubling is clearest on the date and dentils. The digits of the date appear considerably thinner than normal thanks to the shifted strike. There is no evidence of similar doubling on the reverse, but there is a series of tiny depressions at the dentil tips over AMER, and these suggest an earlier brockage impression. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Davy #11.1.12.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
Ex Paul Munson-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:291.
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