Lot 341
1834 C-1 R1 MS62. Clipped Planchet. Lustrous bluish steel and olive with 15% of the mint red showing on the obverse, 45% on the reverse. Choice except for a spot of very fine carbon in the wreath under the second S in STATES. A curved planchet clip affects the dentils at stars 5-7 and over UN in UNITED. EDS, Manley state 1.0. A great example of a simple type of mint error. Davy #34.1.8.
Estimated Value $300-UP.
Ex Abe Kosoff estate, Bowers & Merena 11/4/85:4153.
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