1837 1C Plain Cords, Medium Letters, RB MS(PCGS#1736)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1109

等级

MS65RB

价格

14,172

详细说明

Lovely Mint State 1837 Plain Cord, Medium Letters Cent Late Die State of the N-13 Variety 1837 Modified Matron Head Cent. N-13. Rarity-2. Plain Cord, Medium Letters. MS-65 RB (PCGS). Type:Modified Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1837 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-13. Obv: Head of 1836, with a plain hair cord. Close date, a bold die scratch arcs through the right side of the letter Y in LIBERTY. This obverse die also appears in the 1837 N-16 pairing. Rev: Medium Letters, the TE in UNITED above the adjacent I and D, the N in UNITED repunching at its left base and top. This reverse die also appears in the 1837 N-14 pairing. Most die marriages of this issue correspond to the Plain Cord, Medium Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1837 Modified Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes C/C. Obv: The die is heavily worn with extensive flowlining that is most pronounced in the field around the bottom of Liberty's portrait. Denticulation is weak, stars 1 to 3 are particularly faint. Rev: Cracked through the tops of the letters UNITED STATES OF into the field above the first letter A in AMERICA, with a second crack starting in the field below where the first ends and extending through the tops of the letters in AMERICA. The reverse die is also heavily worn, the field rough and flowlined. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 5,558,300 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: Softness around the peripheries is due to the die state, as above, but the strike is well centered with uniform, if weak, denticulation around both sides. The central design elements are suitably bold, however, with much of Liberty's portrait and the wreath sharp. Surfaces: Frosty surfaces are nice for the assigned grade with no marks or other blemishes of note. Dominant steel-brown patina displays tinges of intermingled lilac-blue, and the obverse also has speckles of sandy-gold over and around the portrait. Plenty of original rose-apricot color remains in the protected areas around the design elements, especially on the reverse. Commentary: A handsome example of the date, Guide Bookvariety and die pairing, this coin will be just right for another advanced large cent cabinet. EAC grade of MS-60+, per the Heritage cataloger in the firm's April 2006 offering of the Stevens Registry Collection. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Craig A. Stevens Registry Collection of Large Cents, April 2006 CSNS Signature Auction, lot 289. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the Plain Cord, Medium Letters variety): 21; 7 finer in this category (MS-66 RB finest). PCGS# 1736. Click here for certification details from PCGS.