1819/8 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1612)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1072

等级

MS64BN

价格

15,839

详细说明

Choice 1819/(8) N-2 Large Date Cent Desirable Early Die State (Noyes B/A) 1819/(8) Matron Head Cent. N-2. Rarity-1. Large Date. MS-64 BN (PCGS). CAC. Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1819 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-2. Obv: Large Date, the first digit 1 nearly touching the bust. Early die state, as here, showing remnants of an 8 below the primary digit 9. There is a double denticle at star 3, and the I in LIBERTY is higher than the adjacent letters L and B. The 1819 N-2 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: The right base of the second letter T in STATES is unusually long, and the base of the letter C in CENT is thin and somewhat weak. A solid triple denticle is evident above the letter U in UNITED. The 1819 N-2 also represents the only use of this reverse die. N-2 is the only die marriage of this issue that corresponds to the Large Date Guide Bookvariety of the 1819 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/A. Obv: Several peripheral cracks are evident through the digits 181 in the date and through stars 1 to 4, 8 to 10, and 11 to 13. Evidence of light die swell is seen in the field around the base of the digit 9 in the date. Rev: Perfect. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 2,671,000 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: Otherwise sharp striking detail wanes appreciably only at stars 1 and 8 through 13, which are soft and lack full radial lines, and within the lower right portion of the wreath. The strike is well centered with a uniformly denticulated border on the obverse, the reverse drawn trivially to 1 o'clock with denticulation thin along the upper right border. Surfaces: Satiny surfaces are warmly patinated in medium brown, with glints of steel-olive that are most pronounced on the reverse at the letters ED in UNITED and AM in AMERICA. Original color faded later on the reverse where there is an intermingling of autumn-orange and, at the letters AT in STATES, faint remnants of pinkish-apricot. A few marks in the left obverse field inside stars 4 and 5 require a loupe to be seen. Just as easily overlooked is a small obverse carbon spot that is out of the way within the denticles before star 1. This is an overall smooth, hard, tight, and attractive near-Gem. Commentary: There is considerable confusion regarding the classification of the Newcomb-2 die pairing in relation to the Guide Bookvarieties of the 1819 Matron Head cent. Many early die state examples that show the underdigit plainly have been certified as 1819/8 by PCGS, while some late die state examples with the underdigit no longer discernible have been certified simply as 1819 Large Date in the past. The 1819/8 Guide Booklisting is clearly for the N-1 attribution, while the plate coin for the Large Date variety in the 2020 edition of the Guide Bookis clearly an N-2 (as evidence by the die crack through the digits 181 in the date). We believe the source of this confusion is Noyes' description of N-1 as the "Large Overdate" and N-2 as the "Small Overdate," combined with the Guide Book'somission of the overdate feature with its Large Date listing. In reality both N-1 and N-2 exhibit large digits in the date, especially when compared to the digits seen on the N-3 through N-10 varieties of this issue, which correspond to the Small Date Guide Bookvariety. The N-1 attribution is the 1819/8 with the underdigit clear in all die states while N-2 is the Large Date Guide Booklisting, as above, although the latter is more accurately and less ambiguously attributed as 1819/(8) Large Date by PCGS to allow for the fact that early die state examples retain traces of the underdigit. Due to the misattribution of many examples of these varieties over the years, we cannot be sure that the population data provided below for the Large Date Guide Bookvariety of this issue is reflective of the actual number of N-2 coins certified by PCGS. The ESM specimen is a lovely early die state example of the 1819 Large Date Guide Bookvariety that is well suited for a high quality early copper collection. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. PCGS Population (Large Date variety only): 16; 3 finer in this category (MS-65+ BN finest). PCGS# 1603. NGC ID: 2255. Click here for certification details from PCGS.