For Sale: HK-242 1893 Columbian McCormick Reaper “Type 3” SCD – unusual error

$125.00 · NGC MS 61

Reference HK-242
SH 6-11.2 AL
Date 1893
Grade MS 61
Price $125.00
Item # 5560
Metal Aluminum

This SCD has an interesting and unusual error, at 7:00 on the obverse a small portion of the inner circle has been mover upward. This is SH 6-11.2 Aluminum, the Type-3 variety. Type 3 is not signed by Childs or OA and has Four Cultivated Rows on the reverse. Three different obverse dies and three different reverse dies were used to strike the four different varieties of the McCormick Reaper. All were engraved by Childs, some are signed OA on the shoulder truncation for Oscar Altstein, an engraver for Childs. Type 1 SH 6-11 is signed by Childs and OA and has three Cultivated Rows on the reverse. Type 2 SH 6-11.1 is not signed by Childs but is signed OA and has Two Cultivated Rows on the reverse. Type 3 SH 6-11.2 is not signed by Childs or OA and has Four Cultivated Rows on the reverse. Type 4 SH 6-11.3 has Five Cultivated Rows on the reverse. This NGC holder incorrectly states HK-243, when it is in fact HK-242.