Bought this for $18 shipped on ebay because I had bought a couple other coins from the same seller that I was mostly pleased with. As soon as I flipped the coin over I knew it was rare, though when I purchased it, I had no idea it was a variety. A quick search revealed that PCGS has only ever certified five of these in all grades. No clue what it is worth, but here she is: FS-1401/1902 Obverse and Reverse Die Clash. Cherrypicker's Guide says $900 in MS60 and $1500 in MS63 BN, but I can't grade this thing. The strike is so muddied up due to the clashing. Has great luster and original red in the protected areas, but 3 hairlines across the reverse, which indicate circulation. Anyway, this is the first one of these I have ever found. So cool how the letters are visible in the rim dentils of the obverse!
At this point, I'm going to not guess on your coin's grade. I'd say AU-55, but it's probably going to come back as MS-67, knowing your recent luck.
Congrats man. Hey, dumb luck usually beats any other kind. At least you had the knowledge to know what you lucked into. For grade, I would think it would hang on how much of the missing "WE" is due to clashes versus any wear. I thank dumb luck all of the time. A couple of years ago bought a group of 30 small greek silver for $550, then a friend of mine recognized 6 Thasos coins in there, valued $200-300 each. I didn't even notice them.
Luster is very nice on her. But the wreath and 2 digit on the reverse seems to show wear/no luster. I suspect this will come back MS62, but I have no idea.
