1820 1C Large Date, RD MS(PCGS#1617)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1076

等级

MS65RD

价格

158,393

详细说明

Original Full Red Gem Uncirculated 1820 N-13 Cent Popular Randall Hoard Variety 1820 Matron Head Cent. N-13. Rarity-1. Large Date. MS-65 RD (PCGS). 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-13. Obv: Large Date, the digits 28 more widely spaced than 18 and 20. The letters L and Y in LIBERTY are repunched, the upper left point of star 8 less prominently so. A denticle is missing from the border outside star 13. The 1820 N-13 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: The tip of the outermost leaf in the cluster below the D in UNITED extends past that letter, which is diagnostic for this reverse die which, like the obverse, appears only in the 1820 N-13 pairing. A number of die marriages correspond to the Large Date Guide Bookvariety of the 1820 Matron Head cent: N-9, N-10, N-11, N-12, N-13 and N-14. Die State: Noyes B/A. Obv: A prominent crack encircles the periphery, beginning at the upper right of the digit 0 in the date, extending through all four digits in the date, all 13 stars, and terminating at the lower right side of the same digit 0. Close inspection with a loupe reveals that this encircling crack is actually composed of several smaller cracks that join (or nearly join) one another to give the appearance of a single continuous break. A couple of these individual cracks are noted from the lower right side of the digit 0 in the date to star 13, and through the top of the digits 820 in the date. Rev: Perfect. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 4,407,550 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: This smartly impressed, well centered example exhibits sharp to full striking detail over virtually all design elements. Most of the stars are more or less soft and lack full centrils, typical of the variety and easily forgiven in light of the overall strong definition. Surfaces: Beautiful, frosty surfaces display full vivid rose-red color. There are no worrisome marks, a scattering of faint carbon spots are all that keeps this from a higher grade. For provenance purposes alone we single out individual spots at the back of Liberty's neck below the ear and at the upper right corner of the digit 0 in the date. Commentary: After only the 1818 Newcomb-10, the 1820 N-13 is the most plentiful variety of large cent from the famous Randall Hoard. (The history of this hoard is given above in our commentary for the 1818 N-10 cent in the ESM Collection.) Perhaps not surprisingly, this is one of the most popular varieties in the entire Matron Head cent series for high grade type purposes. Since it is the most consistently well struck variety from the Randall Hoard, the 1820 N-13 may indeed be themost popular type variety in its series. The typical Mint State 1820 N-13 cent from the Randall Hoard contains considerable mint red color, but is often marred by numerous spots, stains, or handling marks. As Walter Breen observes in his 1988 Encyclopedia: "Most Randall cents are spotty red or partly red mint state with many bag marks." Writing in the popular book American Coin Treasures and Hoards (1997), our own Q. David Bowers expands on this point: "The typical specimen seen today with a Randall Hoard pedigree is a mixture of bright original red with flecks and stains of deep brown or black. Few if any are pristine (uncleaned, undipped) full mint red." A quick glance at the PCGS Population Reportconfirms these comments, for while there are numerous grading events in MS-64 RB and MS-65 RB (not to mention those in the Mint State BN category), only 21 grading events are recorded in the full Red category. With no examples certified finer than MS-65 RD at PCGS, the ESM specimen is a phenomenal condition rarity that would do justice to the finest type or variety set. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the Large Date variety): 6; 0 finer in this category. PCGS# 1617. NGC ID: 2256. Click here for certification details from PCGS.