1794 1C Head of 1794, BN MS(PCGS#901374)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

拍卖行

Bowers & Merena

批号

1002

等级

MS65

价格

295,774

详细说明

1794 Liberty Cap Cent. S-29. Rarity-2. Head of 1794. MS-65 BN (NGC). <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Due to a number of engraving and other as-struck features, S-29 is one of the most distinct and easiest to attribute die marriages of the 1794 Large Cent. This is just as well for this issue is a particularly fertile one for varieties, the Mint’s achievement of a very large (by 18^th century standards) yearly delivery of 918,521 Cents coupled with a shortage of high-quality steel explaining why so many dies were used for this issue. The present example, as a late die state, reveals the greatest number of obverse cracks (as struck) known to exist for the S-29 marriage. The most prominent of these are join the lower-left corner of the liberty cap to the lowermost curl, extend from the border just before 9 o’clock to the aforementioned crack, join the top of the liberty cap to the bases of the letters LI in LIBERTY and extend into the right field from the fifth denticle above the end of the liberty pole. Closer inspection also reveals other faint die cracks in the right-obverse field, one of which joins Liberty’s nose to the border, as well as a very faint crack from the lower border through the left side of the digit 4 in the date.<br /><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The reverse die of the S-29 marriage exhibits long tails to the right (facing) ribbon end and the letter R in AMERICA. The border is heavy with coarse denticles that extend far into the field toward the legend. For the present example, a loupe reveals a faint crack from the border through the same letter R. Finally, and further confirming the late state of the dies, we see faint clashmarks (also as made) in the obverse field at the junction of the liberty cap with the top of Liberty’s head and in the reverse field between the wreath and the letters O and C in the denomination ONE CENT.<br /><br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">S-29 enjoys an above-average rate of survival among 1794 Lib