1853 1C, RD MS(PCGS#1903)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1139

等级

MS66RD

价格

66,692

详细说明

Beautiful Full Red Gem 1853 N-25 Cent 1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-25. Rarity-1. MS-66 RD (PCGS). Type:Braided Hair. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1853 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a beaded 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: 27.5 mm. Die Variety: Newcomb-25. Obv: Readily identifiable by a line under the base of the digit 1 in the date, a tiny line from the denticle left of star 1, and a tiny die chip at the top of Liberty's portrait below star 7. The 1853 N-25 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: There is a tiny spur on top of the inside berry on the wreath left of the letter C in CENT. All die marriages of this issue correspond to the single Guide Booklisting for the 1853 Braided Hair cent. Die State: Grellman b, Noyes B/B. Obv: The die is beginning to show signs of fatigue with light roughness and faint flowlining in the field. The line under the base of the digit 1 in the date is faint, yet still discernible with the aid of a loupe. Rev: The die is also worn with roughness in the field around the periphery. A shallow vertical bulge extends from the final letter S in STATES to the letter E in ONE. Die lines at the letters TE in UNITED and NE in ONE evident in the earlier die state are now no longer visible. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 6,641,131 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: Sharply struck overall, both sides possess broad borders, bold denticulation and razor sharp to full detail throughout the central design elements. Mentionable softness is confined to the stars on the obverse, many of which are blunt, although a few are crisp with more or less full centrils. Surfaces: Exceptionally vivid rose-red color with a splash of pale golden-apricot over the upper left obverse. The texture is smooth and frosty, both sides virtually free of even trivial handling marks. There are only a few extremely faint carbon flecks, with a concentration of these in the obverse field around stars 8 to 10. A thin, shallow strike through (as made) on Liberty's chin also serves as a useful identifier. Commentary: Thanks to a large hoard of several hundred examples, Newcomb-25 is a plentiful die marriage in Mint Sate. Red and Brown examples are the rule, however, as few of these hoard coins retain the mint red color required to secure a RD designation from PCGS. The ESM specimen is just such a coin, and its superior level of preservation is sure to result in strong bids. As either a stellar type coin or a conditionally rare example of the 1853 N-25 dies, this beautiful premium Gem would make an impressive addition to an advanced cabinet. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's FUN Auction of January 2009, lot 286. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the issue): 17; 2 finer in this category (MS-67 RD finest). PCGS# 1903. NGC ID: 226K. Click here for certification details from PCGS.