1835 1C Head of 1836, RB MS(PCGS#1715)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1105

等级

MS64RB

价格

10,837

详细说明

Lovely PCGS MS-64 RB 1835 N-14 Cent Head of 1836 1835 Modified Matron Head Cent. N-14. Rarity-2. Head of 1836. MS-64 RB (PCGS). Type:Modified Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1835 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: 27.5 mm. Die Variety: Newcomb-14. Obv: Head of 1836. The front of the coronet is straight, and the lowest curl of Liberty's hair extends to the center of the digit 5 in the date. This same curl is crimped at right and bottom. Close inspection with a loupe reveals a tiny die chip between the letters IB in LIBERTY. Rev: The top of the letter C in AMERICA is flat, its base thin and weak. Three of the denticles over the word OF are shorter than the others. Along with several other die marriages of this issue, N-14 corresponds to the Head of 1836 Guide Bookvariety of the 1835 cent. The others are N-7, N-8, N-15, N-16 and N-19. Die State: Noyes B/B. Obv: Die wear has resulted in fading of the denticle tips and flowlining in the field. Rev: Lightly cracked through the top of the letters AME in AMERICA with the center dot between the words ONE and CENT still evident. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: Mint records state that 3,878,400 cents were produced during calendar year 1835. The actual coinage from 1835-dated dies is somewhat less, however, since by studying reverse die states numismatic scholars have confirmed that the 1831 N-2 variety was struck in between the 1835 N-12 and N-13 (shared reverse die), and also that the 1834 N-5 was struck after the 1835 N-1 and N-5 (also shared reverse die). As such, some of the 3,878,400 cents delivered during calendar year 1835 were struck from 1831- and 1834-dated dies. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: Both sides exhibit full, uniform denticulation around the borders, the denticle tips on the obverse fading due to die state, some of those on the reverse also a bit soft. Virtually all design elements are sharply to fully rendered, Liberty's portrait and the wreath most notable in this regard. The obverse stars are blunt, typical of the variety, with none showing radial lines. Surfaces: A fully lustrous example with a softly frosted texture from the dies. Golden-brown patina dominates, with blushes of light steel-blue intermingled here and there. Both sides also retain appreciable faded pinkish-rose mint color that is most pronounced in the protected areas around the design elements. There are few marks in evidence, and most wispy carbon flecks are easily overlooked, leaving a swirl of deeper color at Liberty's nose, mouth and chin as the most useful identifier. Commentary: The 1835 Head of 1836 is the first in the so-called Modified Matron Head cent series that actually includes several different portrait styles. All of these are likely attributed to Christian Gobrecht (although a few of the earliest may represent the work of William Kneass), and they are all a modification of the original Matron Head motif by Robert Scot. This series contains a fascinating array of Guide Bookvarieties crammed into just four years of coinage activity, culminating in Gobrecht's Braided Hair motif that the Mint adopted in 1839 for ongoing use. The ESM collector selected this vivid and original PCGS-certified Choice Mint State Newcomb-14 to represent the 1835 Head of 1836, and it is a fitting introduction to the Modified Matron Heads in this cabinet. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Ohio Collection, January 2002 FUN Signature Sale, lot 5401; Heritage's Baltimore, MD Signature Sale of July 2003, lot 5178. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the Head of 1836 variety): 16; 9 finer in this category (MS-66 RB finest). PCGS# 1715. NGC ID: 225S. Click here for certification details from PCGS.