1837 H10C Seated, Large Date MS(PCGS#4311)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2534

等级

MS66

价格

21,675

详细说明

1837 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Liberty Seated. No Stars. V-2. Large Date. MS-66 (NGC). This brilliant and beautiful example is a fitting way to introduce the exceptional Henry Collection of Liberty Seated half dimes. Intense satin luster flows over surfaces that are so smooth as to tempt numismatic perfection. Sharply to fully struck with bountiful eye appeal. The popular first year 1837 is one of only two issues in the Liberty Seated half dime series to display the cameo-like No Stars design on the obverse. This issue employed two distinct date punches, designated Large Date and Small Date although the actual size variation is relatively imperceptible. As also used on dies of the preceding Capped Bust type, the Large Date style was used to strike the earliest Liberty Seated half dimes and is best distinguished by the narrow, peaked 1. Conversely, the Small Date displays a flat-topped 1 and a nearly straight digit placement, characteristics found on 1837 half dimes struck later in the year, as well as coins struck in 1838. As a first year issue from the Philadelphia Mint the 1837 was saved in significant numbers, and there are several hundred Uncirculated examples known. However, most of these are in grades of MS-65 or lower, making this MS-66 example one of the finest coins extant. Sure to please even the most discerning type collector or specialist in Liberty Seated coinage. The present example is a later striking from the Large Date obverse, repunching on the digits in the date effaced through die polishing and no longer evident. The obverse was struck from a shattered die with myriad cracks, the most prominent of which bisects the coin from the lower left border, through the shield, then turning sharply up to run through the pole and cap to the upper right border. Additional cracks are evident from the border at 3 o'clock and within the rock below Liberty's foot; there is a minor rim break at 2 to 3 o'clock. The reverse exhibits a tiny notch at the tip of the leaf below the letter D in DIME, as well as minor cracks at the letters A, R and A in AMERICA. Provenance: From the Henry Collection of Liberty Seated Half Dimes. PCGS# 4311. NGC ID: 232M. Click here for certification details from NGC.