1835 1C Small 8, Stars, BN MS(PCGS#1717)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1104

等级

MS63BN

价格

9,170

详细说明

Richly Toned 1835 N-6 Cent 1835 Matron Head Cent. N-6. Rarity-1. Small 8 and Stars. MS-63 BN (PCGS). Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1835 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-6. Obv: Small 8 and Stars. Except for the T, all letters in the word LIBERTY are repunched to one degree or another. A die line passes through the top of the letters LIBE, and several heavier die scratches are evident around the letters LI. In this die pairing, the obverse is always cracked through the base of the digits 835 in the date into the field to the right. This obverse die was used earlier in the 1835 N-5 and N-11 pairings. Rev: Medium Letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, large letters in the denomination ONE CENT. The letters AM in AMERICA are widely spaced at their base. The 1835 N-6 represents the only use of this reverse die. Most die marriages of this issue correspond to the Small 8 and Stars Guide Bookvariety of the 1835 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/A. Obv: With the crack at the base of the digits 835 in the date, as described above. Rev: Perfect. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: Mint records state that 3,878,400 cents were produced during calendar year 1835. The actual coinage from 1835-dated dies is somewhat less, however, since by studying reverse die states numismatic scholars have confirmed that the 1831 N-2 variety was struck in between the 1835 N-12 and N-13 (shared reverse die), and also that the 1834 N-5 was struck after the 1835 N-1 and N-5 (also shared reverse die). As such, some of the 3,878,400 cents delivered during calendar year 1835 were struck from 1831- and 1834-dated dies. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: This is a sharp early die state for the variety, both sides ideally centered with the borders boldly and uniformly denticulated. The central design elements range from boldly to fully defined, those around the peripheries suitably bold even though most of the stars lack radial lines. Surfaces: A lustrous and frosty example with appreciable deep rose faded mint color remaining along the upper left obverse border and on the reverse at the letters MER in AMERICA. Otherwise richly toned in steely-copper and, over the lower half of the obverse, golden-brown, the surfaces are very smooth for the assigned grade. A few wispy marks on Liberty's cheek and in the field before the nose are noted, a faint carbon spot on the neck the most useful identifier. Commentary: Here is a handsome and original PCGS-certified Choice Mint State example of the Small 8 and Stars Guide Bookvariety of the issue. This coin would also do well in a specialized collection of large cent die varieties as a high grade example of the 1835 N-6 pairing. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the Small 8 and Stars variety): 11; 18 finer in this category (MS-66 BN finest). PCGS# 1717. Click here for certification details from PCGS.