1811 1C S-287, RB MS(PCGS#36497)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1062

等级

MS66RB

价格

521,028

详细说明

Fabulous Mint State Red and Brown 1811 S-287 Cent Ex Miller-Sloss-Helfenstein-Holmes-ESM 1811 Classic Head Cent. S-287. Rarity-2. MS-66 RB (PCGS). Type:Classic Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border arranged seven left, six right. The date 1811 is below. Liberty is wearing a fillet inscribed LIBERTY. 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: 29 mm. Die Variety: Sheldon-287, Breen-1. Obv: Normal Date, which is definitive for this obverse die that appears only in the S-287 pairing. A die scratch extends from star 5 halfway to Liberty's nose. Rev: The letter U in UNITED is a bit low, and the point of the highest leaf in the wreath is just past the right side of the final letter S in STATES. S-287 also represents the only use of this reverse die. S-287 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the normal date Guide Booklisting of the 1811 Classic Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/B, Breen I. Obv: Perfect, but with the die starting to deteriorate. A loupe reveals faint flowlines in the field, particularly around the periphery. Rev: Perfect but, again, with faint flowlines due to die deterioration. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 218,025 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: The obverse is sharply struck overall, although the impression is drawn trivially to 10 o'clock with scant denticulation along the upper left border, stars 1 to 7 blunt and lacking centrils. The reverse is more uniformly full in striking detail, the impression on that side only slightly off center to 1 o'clock, denticulation complete, if a bit light at the upper right. Surfaces: This is a frosty and attractive 1811 cent, with mottled medium brown patina on both sides. The surfaces also retain plenty of original rose-red color along the right obverse border, in the center and at the right border on the reverse. The peripheries on both sides display plenty of golden-orange from fading of the mint color. A few swirls of faint steel tinting are scattered about in the obverse field, but the only worthwhile identifier is a tiny carbon spot that is well concealed between the lowest points of star 11. Commentary: Production of cents in the Philadelphia Mint during calendar year 1811 ended on March 12, at which point only 218,025 coins had been delivered. Planchet stock for these represented the last of the copper that the Mint received from its English supplier Matthew Boulton on November 24, 1809. The next shipment from Boulton, although ordered in January 1811, did not reach the Mint until April 15, 1812. There are only two die marriages known for the 1811 Classic Head cent issue, and they are easily distinguished. Sheldon-286 is the 1811/0 overdate while S-287, offered here, is the normal date. Although many numismatic references list the overdate variety before its normal date counterpart, Breen provides compelling evidence to support the theory that S-287 was the first variety of the date struck: "1) the overdate shares a reverse with 1812 number 1 [S-291]; 2) the reverse of the normal date closely resembles one of the 1810 dies." The difficulty of locating attractive, problem free Classic Head cents even at the various AU grade levels attests to the rarity and significance of this premium Gem 1811. It is one of the finest known survivors from the S-287 dies, tied for CC#5 in the Bland census with an EAC grade of MS-61, CC#2 and graded MS63(MS60) Choice in the 2015 Noyes census. The only example certified finer at PCGS is the Beckwith specimen in MS-65 RD that realized $493,500 as lot 5135 in our April 2017 sale of the D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V. One of numerous outstanding large cents in the ESM Collection, this impressive coin will do equally well in a high quality type or variety set. Outstanding! Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Henry C. Miller; Thomas L. Elder's sale of the Henry C. Miller Collection, April 1917, lot 812; "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Burdette G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.); Arthur C. Fritz; Rudolph Khol; Federal Coin Exchange's Fixed Price List of 1952; Federal Coin Exchange's ANA Sale of August 1954, lot 1032; Dr. James O. Sloss, September 1958; Abe Kosoff's sale of the Dr. James O. Sloss Collection of Large Cents, October 1959, lot 113; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; Louis Helfenstein; Lester Merkin's sale of the Louis Helfenstein Collection of Large Cents, August 1964, lot 46; F.E. Koble; Lester Merkin's sale of April 1970, lot 426; Dr. M. Lamar Hicks; our (Stack's) sale of March 1986, lot 838; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr., February 23, 1992; Eric Streiner; Jay Parrino, April 16, 1996; W.M. "Jack" Wadlington, via Bob Grellman & Chris Victor-McCawley, June 30, 2005; Dan Holmes; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, Part I, September 2009, lot 560. The Sheldon plate coin. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer in this category. PCGS also reports a single MS-65 in the RD category. PCGS# 36497. NGC ID: 224U. Click here for certification details from PCGS.