1824 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1636)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1083

等级

MS64BN

价格

45,850

详细说明

Sharp and Lustrous Mint State 1824 N-2 Cent 1824 Matron Head Cent. N-2. 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 1824 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: Normal Date, the digits closely and evenly spaced. The letters LIB in LIBERTY are progressively higher. The 1824 N-2 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: "I dotted" in UNITED with a denticle centered over the upright of that letter. All of the Es in the legend are defective at the junction of the upright and the top cross stroke. The 1824 N-2 also represents the only use of this reverse die. Along with N-3 and N-4, N-2 corresponds to the normal date Guide Booklisting of the 1824 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes A/A. Obv: The die is rusted with spalling evident around the earlobe, at the back of Liberty's neck, and around the letter T in LIBERTY. Rev: Minute die rust pits are discernible in the field above the letter N in ONE and between the letters NE in the same word. Minor crumbling is evident between the left upright and center stroke of the letter N in CENT. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 1,262,000 coins, a (presumably) small percentage of which was struck from 1823-dated dies. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: Both sides are sharply to fully defined overall, mentionable softness minor and confined to a few of the stars on the obverse, which are blunt and show partial to no radial lines. The obverse impression is drawn minimally to 7 o'clock with the denticulation a bit thin along the lower left border. The reverse is better centered, and also rotated nearly 45 degrees counterclockwise from normal coin alignment. Surfaces: The surfaces are hard, tight and overall smooth with a delightful satin to softly frosted texture. Handsome golden-brown patina throughout, with the reverse having traces of faded pinkish-rose color around the words STATES OF. A few swirls of deeper toning are noted, the most prominent of which are in the upper left obverse field, above the digit 8 in the date, at star 6, and on the reverse at the letter D in UNITED. There are no marks of consequence. Commentary: A thoroughly appealing Mint State example of the semi-key 1824 Matron Head cent. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Joshua and Ally Walsh Collection of United States Cents, January 2006 FUN Signature Auction, lot 604. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the normal date 1824): 15; 5 finer in this category (MS-65 BN finest). PCGS# 1636. NGC ID: 225D. Click here for certification details from PCGS.