Lot 720
1804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems VF30. Double Struck Reverse Brockage Maker. Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty light olive and reddish chocolate brown. There are some faint hairlines remaining from the cleaning but no roughness or other notable marks. Double struck. Both strikes were centered on the planchet and the second was rotated 10 degrees CCW relative to the first. The doubling is obvious on the obverse, especially on the date and LIBERTY, which now reads LIBBEERRTTYY. There is no doubling on the reverse. Instead, it was struck into a new blank planchet during the second strike thereby creating a reverse brockage on the new planchet. The usual swelling associated with being used to create a brockage is obvious on the reverse. A sharp, attractive mint error that should improve as the toning matures.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
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| Realized $460 |
