1809 Over Inverted 9, B-5, C-5 -- Tab Double Strike -- XF45 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF35....

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1809 B-5, C-5 Half Cent, XF45
Tab Double Strike

1809 Over Inverted 9, B-5, C-5 -- Tab Double Strike -- XF45 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF35. Equivalents. Proskey 5: 4-D; Ross 1-A; Gilbert-5; Empire-61; Cohen-5; Breen-5; Eckberg 4-E.

Variety. The 9 over Inverted 9 date, formerly known as the "1809/6."

Edge. Plain.

Surfaces. The obverse has a blend of chocolate and golden-brown while the reverse is mostly golden-brown, showing olive patina on the devices.

Die State. Manley Die State 2.0 with partial border details. There is no evidence of the lump below the final A, nor of clash marks inside the wreath.

Production. After a normal strike, this piece failed to eject properly from the coining chamber as another planchet was introduced. The second strike produced this tab double strike along with another coin showing an indent. The obverse portion of the tab shows no detail while the reverse has the final S of STATES and OF visible on the tab.
Appearances. Illustrated on the Heritage Auctions website, HA.com, for the August 2008 ANA Signature event.
Commentary. One of the several classifications of double strikes is the "tab double strike" as offered here. The second strike was far off center creating the tab with lettering visible from the reverse die.

McGuigan Commentary. Attractive glossy light brown surfaces. Mint error-struck normally, then only partially ejected while another planchet was partially fed into the coining chamber, and subsequently struck again, causing a tab double strike with the second "S" of STATES and "OF" showing at 8:30 on the reverse.

Provenance. Ex: Gerald Kochel (Heritage, 8/2008), lot 7113.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

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