This is now my oldest US coin ever owned. It is a nice budget friendly example and I was able to negotiate it down to a fairly decent price in light of the darker toning and small mark on the cheek. It's in a PCGS holder.
@Sallent. Excellent coin and very attractive. I would love to have it in my set. On the the hand, I once had a 1806 No Stem in my collection. i showed it to my wife and pointed out the missing stem. She looked at it and said, "So you have proof Federal workers were also incompetent 200 years ago." Talk about sucking the joy out of something. James
Government work generally attracts a certain type of person. Not to say that all government workers are bad or unmotivated....I'm sure there are some really good ones out there, but the norm is always slow, inefficient, bureaucratic, and less than inspiring within the depths of any government bureaucracy. I get it why your wife's comment might have sucked the fun out of the experience with your coin, but don't let it get to you. Think if it as another fun aspect to your coin, that thanks to unintended or sloppy series of events these fun varieties exist. Something that is seldom seen with modern coinage where everything is done by precision machinery and computers
Other than the aforementioned cheek mark, that coin has nice surfaces and a lovely patina. Nice example.
Cool coin. Heavy die crack running from the twelfth star towards the neck and more cracks around the date. This die had about had it.
