catalog Auction info Buyers Premium of 20.00% added to each and every lot September Pre-Long Beach(#60) 09/19/2010 1:00 PM PDT CLOSED! Lot 31 of 3814: 1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole on Thick Planchet G6. Click image to enlarge PreviousNext Lot closed - Winning bid:$725 (18 bids) Estimate: $300 Remove from watchlist Add to watchlist Tell a friendAsk a question September Pre-Long Beach(#60) 09/19/2010 1:00 PM PDT CLOSED! Description Description: 1795 C-5b R4 Plain Edge without Pole on Thick Planchet G6. Struck over a Spoiled Large Cent with Off Center Reverse Brockage. Very slightly sharper but there is a small patch of shallow greenish verdigris at the T in CENT and a few faint hairline scratches hidden in the patina on the reverse. Mostly glossy dark olive and steel. The date is very faint, virtually gone, and the legends are mostly visible. Struck on a spoiled large cent with an off center reverse brockage. The normal cent reverse is located on the obverse of the half cent with AM at the top of the cap and several leaves show in the field left of the cap. The incuse reverse brockage impression shows at NITED STATES O on the half cent reverse. Incuse retrograde ITED from the large cent brockage is visible at TES-O and incuse leaves are visible at NITED ST. This piece is plated in Roger Cohen's second edition of his half cent book (page 22). Weight 103.4 grains. Davy #95.5b.7. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Jon Hanson-Ray D. Munde-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:56. Categories:
