Lot 127
1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date, Lettered Edge AU50. Frosty light brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and a couple splashes of darker chocolate brown toning, especially in the right obverse field and at ERICA. The only marks, and they are mint-made flaws, are a large planchet void at K-3 on the obverse that weakened the dentils at the opposing area over ER in AMERICA, and a small planchet chip hidden in the hair at the temple. Sharply struck LDS, Manley state 3.0, with clashmarks connecting the F in OF to the leaf below. A beautiful early half cent, but the planchet flaw certainly catches your eye. Weight 103.4 grains. Davy #95.2a.4.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:43.
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