1799/8 1C NC-1, BN MS(PCGS#36134)

September 2009 Pre-Long Beach Auction #54 - 9/09 Hawaii Collection

拍卖行

Goldberg Auctioneers

批号

348

等级

8Fine-12

价格

451,467

详细说明

Discovery Coin. Plated in Sheldon, Breen, and Noyes. Glossy chocolate brown with traces of olive brown toning in protected areas and a few tiny splashes of lighter brown toning in the obverse fields. There are traces of extremely fine roughness under the attractive glossy toning, mostly around the date, but the surfaces are excellent overall and the eye appeal is outstanding for the grade. The only marks are a very tiny planchet chip hidden in the hair left of the shoulder, a thin nick close under the second S in STATES, a shallow low spot at the dentils over the right top of the M in AMERICA, and a tiny hairline scratch from the base of the first 0 in the denominator down into the dentils below. None of these marks are at all distracting and it is tempting to call this cent choice, especially for a 1799. The date and legends are strong and the overdate is bold. The attribution points for this extremely rare variety are obvious on this example. Finest of only 7 known (Noyes and Bland each list 8 examples, but one of those, the Punchard coin, is a misattributed S-188). This is the discovery coin for the variety and is plated in all the major references for the series, including Early American Cents (reverse), Penny Whimsy (reverse), Breen (obverse and reverse), and Noyes (obverse and reverse). Called finest known in the Noyes and Bland census lists, and this example is clearly superior to the remaining half dozen. Noyes calls this piece F15 net VG10 (why there is a deduction is a mystery to me) and CC#1, his photo #20101. Bland says F12 and CC#1. Dr. Sheldon called this piece VF20 (of course, ownership does tend to add a few points). He was offered $2000 for it by George H. Clapp in 1947 (which was twice the value of a Strawberry Leaf 1793 cent at the time) and he refused. Removed from an NGC slab graded F15</B> (NGC label included). DWH #2640. NOTE: Dan thought he already owned this rare variety when he purchased the Richard V. Punchard example for $6500 on 10/25/9