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1811 C-1 R4 Fair2+ $6500 |
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Two-Star Cud Break. Sharpness G6 or so but covered with moderate
roughness. No verdigris, but there are some dull contact marks on
the right bottom of the reverse and an old vertical scratch up from
star 13. The date is easily readable, as is most of the legend, but
parts of AMERICA are lost in the roughness. Dark steel and olive.
Extremely rare M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with a cud break connecting
stars 1 & 2 to the rim. The cud break is strong, in fact it is the
strongest feature on the coin. That may explain why Roger Cohen
selected this piece to illustrate the die state in the first edition
of his book on the series (page 65). About seven are known in this
die state, and all of them are in relatively low grade with defects.
And, no, this really isn't a mint error--unless you want to call
using a broken die an error in judgment. Davy #11.1.11. |
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