1832 1C Large Letters, BN MS(PCGS#1687)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1097

等级

MS66BN

价格

41,682

详细说明

Lovely MS-66 BN 1832 N-3 Large letters Cent PCGS Population of Just 2/0 1832 Matron Head Cent. N-3. Rarity-1. Large Letters. MS-66 BN (PCGS). CAC. Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1832 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a plain cord. Rev: A circular wreath encloses the denomination ONE CENT with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border. Weight Standard: 10.89 grams. Diameter: 28-29 mm. Die Variety: Newcomb-3. Obv: Wide, even date, the inner point of star 6 is well to the right of the coronet tip and there is a sharp spike from the right base of the letter T in LIBERTY. The 1832 N-3 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: Large Letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The final letter S in STATES is low, the final letter A in AMERICA nearly touches the branch stem, and the letters F in OF and T in CENT are repunched. The 1832 N-3 also represents the only use of this reverse die. N-3 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the Large Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1832 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes A/B. Obv: Perfect. Rev: The die is slightly worn with the denticulation fading and light flowlines evident in the field. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: Mint records state that 2,362,000 cents were delivered during calendar year 1832. The actual mintage from 1832-dated dies is less, however, since the reported total includes the 1831 N-5 variety, which was struck after the 1832 N-1. Both varieties share the same reverse die. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: The obverse is an overall crisp, early die state with the border fully denticulated and most design elements showing razor sharp detail. Stars 4 to 9 are blunt and more or less devoid of radial lines, but the others are sharp. Softness to the reverse denticulation from 7 to 9 o'clock is due to die state, as above, but otherwise we note sharp to full definition throughout the design on that side. Surfaces: Frosty medium brown with steel undertones and bright mint color remaining at the borders and in the protected areas around some of the design elements. Richly lustrous and showing full cartwheel on both sides. The surfaces are nearly pristine, with close scrutiny revealing only a thin hairline between stars 5 and 6, a trivial nick on star 9 and a tiny carbon spot at the lower obverse border below the digits 83 in the date. Commentary: The 1832 Newcomb-3 may not be an impossibly rare variety in Mint State, but this piece does offer superlative eye appeal and technical quality. Only one other specimen of this issue as a whole has been certified MS-66 BN by PCGS: the Naftzger specimen also from the N-3 dies that is earlier ex Beckwith-Chapman-Taylor. The ESM specimen offered here is a delightful Gem that will please even the most discerning large cent enthusiast. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from our (American Numismatic Rarities') sale of the Hogan Pond Collection, March 2005 Richard Jewell Collection sale, lot 1166; our (American Numismatic Rarities') Old Colony Collection sale, December 2005, lot 251. PCGS Population (Large Letters variety only): 2; 0 finer in this category. PCGS# 1687. NGC ID: 225N. Click here for certification details from PCGS.