1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0, Reverse of 1803 G4. Struck over Spoiled 1802 Large Cent. Sharper by at least a point but there are a dozen or so small contact marks on the top of the head into the field before the portrait. The remainder of the planchet is smooth and quite nice for the grade. Glossy chocolate brown and steel. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. Extensive die rust is visible on both sides. The date and overdate are clear and the legends are complete. Struck over an off-center 1802 large cent. Only a small piece of the struck cent made it on to the half cent planchet (at LIB and the opposing area at NIT), but the lower half of a "2" from the large cent is boldly impressed over the N in UNITED. What were the chances that a definitive piece of the large cent date would make it to the half cent planchet--and survive so clearly? Good for us.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Kagin's GENA Sale 9/28/1978:13 (lot envelope included).
The Carvin Goodridge Collection of Half Cents
