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1808 C-3 R1 VF30 $650 |
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Ten points sharper but there is a small
spot of raised hard verdigris at the dentils left of the date. The
remainder of the planchet is smooth and attractive. The only
significant contact mark is a horizontal nick on the left side of
the O in OF. Glossy light olive and steel with a couple small areas
of darker olive toning on both sides and lots of frosty tan and
light golden brown toning in protected areas. M-LDS, Manley state
4.0, with a fine die crack from the rim to the left foot of the I in
UNITED. Both dies are worn and flowlined and the details have become
mushy. This piece is plated in the first edition of the Cohen half
cent book to illustrate the variety. Davy #08.3.23. Ex Lester Merkin 3/1969:615-Roger Cohen-R. Tettenhorst-Roger Cohen-Jim McGuigan-Bill Weber-Russell Wyatt sale, Superior 9/30/1985:161 (where plated)-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:254. |
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