1795 Half Cent - Double Error Off Center And Clipped

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bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24148 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 11:00 am 1795 Half Cent - Double Error in Heritage Auction When reviewing upcoming auctions, one of the things we like to look for are the more unusual items, the coins that surprise you and say "I didn't know that!" In the upcoming Heritage Signature Sale of The Ellsworth Collection (May 29th) we found the following 1795 Double Error Half Cent. Below is the auction catalog Description: This is a stunning and spectacular double error, either of which would be extremely important in its own right. The substantial curved clip is positioned at 4 o'clock. This clip is larger than any we recall seeing on a Half Cent of any date, let alone this 18th century date. Similarly, the off-center strike, positioned to 9 o'clock, is further off-center than we recall on any other examples. The combination is nothing short of amazing. Any combination of two or more error types on a single coin essentially makes that coin unique. It is completely unreasonable to think that another identical error combination could have been produced, unless someone at the Mint was making these intentionally, and during the 1790s, that was probably not the case. The surfaces are lightly corroded. The obverse has charcoal-brown and deep green color, with mostly deep green on the reverse. A few old obverse scratches are so nicely blended with the rest of the coin that they are not immediately obvious. EAC 12. Read Full Story \| All Recent News Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff

hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 11:03 am Now that's an ERROR coin! I bet that hlaf cent goes for a pretty penny. LOL Edited by hunter20ga 05/22/2008 11:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 12:11 pm Beautiful coin! I find it interesting how the edge of the struck denticles coincides with the inner limit of the curved clip. Perhaps the mechanism which fed the coin made contact with the clipped area? However it happened, it's sure an amazing coin! Report this Post to the Staff
livingdinasaur Pillar of the Community United States 1571 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 4:58 pm Kurt, the "angle of dangle" on the coin off-center, and the distance look to be pretty colose. I would say that it was a "stroke of luck", that it just happened to be in the right position, OR, the planchet was not directly rotated enough, and the feeder arm moved it, causing it to rotate into the "correct " position, to be struck. the "missing" area allowed it to be struck off-center, as a result. Real beauty! It would be nice in ANYcollection! Dick Report this Post to the Staff
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