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Off-Center Double Strike S-173
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1798 S-173 R3 Style II Hair,
Small 8. PCGS graded EF-40.
Rotated Reverse. Glossy light
to medium chocolate brown.
Smooth and attractive with
only trivial contact marks.
The notable ones are a diagonal
nick in the field before the neck,
a smaller horizontal one in the field
before the lips, and a tiny rim bruise at
the first S in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II.
There are die clashmarks on the reverse but no cracks. The reverse
is rotated 40 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die
orientation.
Our grade is VF30+
. The attribution and Reynolds prov-
enance are shown on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 8 finer at PCGS
for the variety
(PCGS # 36089)
Estimated Value.................................................................... $1,500-UP
Acquired from an unrecorded source 4/1980.
177
1798 S-173 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded VG-8.
Off-Center Double
Strike with Partial Brockage; Rotated Reverse. Glossy medium chocolate and
darker steel brown. No roughness or marks, essentially just worn. LDS, Breen
state IX, with a clearly defined rim cud break at CA in AMERICA. The reverse is
rotated 40 degrees CCW. This cent was struck two times. One strike was normal
and centered on the planchet. The other strike (most likely the second one) was
positioned about 65% off center. The obverse was struck with the obverse die
leaving a strong but uneven impression of the lower curls in the field under the
hair ribbon. The reverse was struck against the obverse side of a different struck
cent leaving an incuse brockage impression of IB and part of the adjacent L of
LIBERTY plus some hair details in the upper left quadrant of the reverse. An-
other dramatic mint error that is visible without the aid of a glass.
Our grade is
G6
. The attribution, “Obv Dbl Struck Partial Brockage Rev” error, and Reynolds
provenance are all noted on the PCGS Secure label
(PCGS # 36089)
Estimated Value ........................................................................................$1,000-UP
Ex Bob Everett (via Del Bland) 5/30/1990-Don Valenziano 6/1990.