1795 C-5b R4 No Pole on Thick Planchet VF20. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning covering the devices. A small splash of reddish chocolate toning in the hair at the top of the head and another in the field near the dentils off the chin, plus a similar spot at TA in STATES are the best identifying marks on an otherwise virtually flawless example of the thick planchet version of the variety. Nicely struck slightly off center to K-9. MDS with the usual strong die crack slanting across the upper half of the reverse. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CCW. This is the Manley plate coin for the variety (the smaller photos at the bottom of page 59). CC#9 for the thick planchet version in the Cohen list. Noyes photo #73644. Weight 114.1 grains. The weight standard at this time was 84.0 grains, but planchets cut from misstruck large cents were significantly heavier with a reported range of 98.0 grains to 123.0 grains accordingly to Manley.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Ron Guth 1/8/1992-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/30/1989:1877-Ken Seachman 4/13/2001.
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