1820/19 1C, BN MS (PCGS#1618)
August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1075
- 等级
- MS64BN
- 价格
- 31,679
- 详细说明
- High Grade 1820/19 N-3 Cent
1820/19 Matron Head Cent. N-3. Rarity-2. 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 1820 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-3. Obv: Small Overdate, with the primary digit 1 in the date distant from the adjacent 8 and the 1 underdigit beneath the right side of the primary 2. Star 11 is repunched at its three outermost points, and more minor repunching is evident on the lower right point of star 6. The 1820 N-3 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: The right base of the letter A in STATES is higher than the left base of the adjacent T. The 1820 N-3 also represents the only use of this reverse die.
Along with N-1 and N-2, N-3 corresponds to the 1820/19 Guide Booklisting for this issue.
Die State: Noyes B/B. Obv: The die is slightly worn with the 9 underdigit no longer visible beneath the primary digit 0, repunching on star 11 blurry, and light flowlining evident around the periphery. Rev: The reverse die is also worn in this state with light flowlines in the field. The strike is off center to 10 o'clock with no denticulation present from 9 to 1 o'clock.
Edge: Plain.
Mintage for the Issue: 4,407,550 coins.
Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 750 to 1,000 coins in all grades.
Strike: Overall striking detail is sharp for the advanced die state, Liberty's portrait crisp, most stars with at least partial radial lines, and the wreath with virtually full definition throughout. The date is bold, the 1 underdigit blurry due to die state, yet readily evident with the aid of a loupe. The off center impression on the reverse is also due to die state, as above, the obverse likewise off center, although to 7 o'clock with no denticulation along the lower left border.
Surfaces: Satin to softly frosted cartwheel luster swirls around rich medium chocolate-brown surfaces. Abundant mint color in vivid pinkish-orange persists, especially on the reverse. This is a very pretty coin for the grade, lively and well preserved. Two dull nicks just below Liberty's jawline helped us in establishing this coin's provenance, but there are no other blemishes of note, and the fields are remarkably smooth throughout.
Commentary: The 1820/10 Newcomb-3 is a very challenging variety to find in true Mint State, especially with this much mint color. A find for the advanced large cent enthusiast, be they a Guide Book variety collector or a specialist in individual die marriages.
Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from our (American Numismatic Rarities') New York Connoisseur's Collection sale, March 2006, lot 78.
PCGS Population (all die marriages of the 1820/19 overdate): 13; 4 finer in this category (MS-66 BN finest).
PCGS# 1618. NGC ID: 2257.
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