1797 C-2 R3 VF25+. Struck over a cut-down Talbot Allum & Lee (TAL) Cent. Sharpness at least 5 points better but the obverse displays very fine hairlines, strongest in the field before the portrait. The only other marks are a small pinprick inside the C in CENT and a thin planchet crease on the rim right of the F in OF. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. Nicely struck and quite attractive in spite of the obverse hairlines. Intermediate die state with a hint of swelling in the field left of the top of the cap and the reverse rotated 10 degrees CCW. Traces of TAL Cent undertype are visible left of the cap and weaker undertype shows right of the Y in LIBERTY. Noyes photo #73609. Weight 90.2 grains.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Chuck Furjanic-Dr. Richard F. Elto-Jim McGuigan 6/16/1984-Jules Reiver 2/22/1999 (in trade).
The Whister Collection
