Lot 733
1808 C-3 R1 VG7. Double Struck over Obverse Brockage. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. No corrosion or verdigris, just some light contact marks that include a few faint hairline scratches on the portrait. LDS. This piece was struck two times. The initial strike was an obverse brockage slightly off center to K-6 while the second was normal and centered on the planchet. Clear evidence of the incuse obverse brockage impression shows in the field before the portrait of the normal (second) strike. This includes incuse hair ribbons close above the bust and an incuse retrograde LI from LIBERTY near the rim before the face. The top of the head from the normal obverse of the first strike is visible under ICA in AMERICA and the neck of Ms Liberty shows clearly above the C in CENT. Additional traces of the normal obverse can be found under the reverse of the second strike. A decent example of a very rare type of mint error.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
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