Lot 329
1828 C-3 R1 F12. Double Struck over Off Center Obverse Brockage. Glossy steel brown and light chocolate with spots of darker olive toning scattered over the both sides. Possibly retoned. Smooth surfaces with only trivial contact marks. The obverse was struck two times, the first strike slightly off center to the bottom and rotated about 20 degrees relative to the properly centered second strike. The result is two complete dates reading "18218828". The doubling shows only at the bottom of the obverse, which is directly opposite an off center brockage impression of the obverse covering ES-OF. The brockage shows incuse impressions of two stars and the top of the head inside an arc of incuse dentils. This suggests there were two strikes: one normal and centered and the other slightly off center with an off center struck half cent coming between the reverse and the die. Plated on page 482 in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate what he calls "Double struck on partial obverse brockage." Davy #28.3.7.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions #4369, 2/27/88:406.
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