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Off-Center 1798 S-174
Double Struck Off-Center Brockage Maker S-174
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1798 S-174 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded Good-4.
Off Cen-
ter over Off-Center Reverse Brockage. Glossy medium chocolate brown
with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The struck por-
tion of the planchet is smooth, essentially choice for the grade with a
clear date, but there are some dull marks on the unstruck portion of the
reverse. This cent was struck 45% off center to K-2 leaving a significant
portion of the planchet unstruck. And in the unstruck portion on the
obverse there is clear evidence of incuse wreath leaves left of the date
plus an incuse “A” outside the leaves. Apparently this cent was an off-
center reverse brockage before being mis-struck a second time. Another
really neat mint error in this collection.
Our grade is G4
. The attribu-
tion, “45% Off Center” error, and Reynolds provenance are all noted on
the PCGS Secure label
(PCGS # 36092)
Estimated Value ...........................................................................$500-UP
Ex 2002 ANA bourse.
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1798 S-174 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS Genuine, AU Details, Envi-
ronmental Damage.
Double Struck Off Center; Off-Center Obverse Brock-
age Maker. Mostly dark olive brown and steel. The surfaces are decent but not
perfectly smooth and there are traces of verdigris in protected areas on the
reverse. A spot of shallow corrosion in the hair right of the ribbon and another
at RI in AMERICA are the best identifying marks, but they are not distracting.
No notable contact marks. MDS, Breen state III, with die clashmarks on both
sides. This cent was struck twice. The first strike was normal and centered on the
planchet but the cent failed to eject from the coining chamber before another
planchet was inserted and the dies struck a second time. The obverse of this cent
was pressed against the new blank planchet during this second strike while the
reverse was struck against the reverse die. The blank planchet was not centered
in the coining chamber and it left a clear impression positioned about 20% off
center to K-9.5. There was a small shift between die strikes on the reverse, maybe
one or two dentils wide, that created obvious doubling on nearly every device.
The offset is largest at the top where ES in STATES has become an overlapping
EESS.
Our grade is EF45 sharpness net VF30
. Another great mint error that is
easy to see and explain. The attribution, “Rev Double Struck” error, and Reynolds
provenance are all noted on the PCGS Secure label
(PCGS # 36092)
Estimated Value....................................................................................... $1,500-UP
Ex Bowers & Merena 3/21/1996:223 (lot ticket included).