1820 1C N-5, Small Date, BN MS(PCGS#36691)

January 2023 Collectors Choice Online Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

90059

等级

AU53BN

价格

5,932

详细说明

1820 Matron Head Cent. N-5. Rarity-3. Small Date. AU-53 (PCGS). Deep olive and steel-brown. A thin scratch on Liberty's neck and cut on the jawline are noted. Subtle luster remains in the fields. Struck from the early state of the dies with the partial inner circle clearly seen on the obverse and all dentils clear. A provenance conundrum has existed for this piece. Accompanying the coin is an old envelope bearing, clearly written, "HC 4.25.93L319." In our Floyd Starr catalogue, this is translated as a Chapman brothers sale, April 1893, Lot 917 [sic]. In more recent times, Henry Hines has been suggested as the author of the envelope, but his involvement is uncertain. As the envelope clearly reads "HC" and the Chapman brothers were still in partnership in 1893, this did not seem to line up and, further, there is no recorded sale of theirs for that date. However, there was an April 25, 1923 sale by Henry Chapman, and a visit to our library has confirmed lot 319 in that sale to be an 1820 A.5. It seems that penmanship got in the way at some point, but clarity has come to the fore. Provenance: From the John McBride Collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman's sale of the James K. Shoffner Collection, April 1923, lot 319; Henry C. Hines; Floyd T. Starr; Numismatic Gallery's August 1949 ANA Sale, lot 917 (passed); our (Stack's) sale of the Floyd T. Starr Collection, Part II, December 1984, lot 1606; Tom Reynolds, August 1994; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection, Part I, July 2015 Baltimore Auction, lot 2070. PCGS# 36691. NGC ID: 2256. Click here for certification details from PCGS.