1805 1C S-269, BN MS(PCGS#36433)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13018

等级

MS66

价格

951,730

详细说明

1805 Draped Bust Cent. S-269. Rarity-1. Breen Die State IV. MS-66 BN (PCGS). CAC. <strong>Die Variety: </strong>The Philadelphia Mint employed only two obverse and two reverse dies in three marriages to strike 1805-dated Draped Bust cents. Sheldon-269 represents the only use of this particular obverse, which is readily distinguishable from its counterpart by having a pointed (as opposed to a blunt) 1 in the date. The two reverse dies of this issue are also easy to differentiate, that used to strike S-269 having the highest leaf in the wreath under the extreme right edge of the final letter S in STATES. This reverse was earlier used to strike the 1805 S-268 variety, and later all known 1806 Draped Bust cents. (The reverse of 1805 S-267 has the highest leaf in the wreath under the left edge of the final S in STATES.)<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State: </strong>The Cardinal Collection specimen represents a middle to late die state of the S-269 variety with at least three sets of clash marks in the obverse field both below the ribbon and before Liberty's face and throat from the reverse wreath. The obverse also exhibits light die rust within the drapery, a bulge in the die at the border outside the lowermost curl, and a light die crack through the bases of the digits 180 in the date. These features identify Breen Die State IV. A short, sharp cut or break in the die above the uppermost curl at the back of Liberty's head is present on all known 1805 S-269 cents regardless of die state.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike: </strong>An impressive piece from the standpoint of striking quality, both sides exhibit uncommonly sharp detail <em>throughout the design</em> in a Draped Bust cent. Not only is the obverse equally crisp in detail from the top of Liberty's portrait to the bottom, but the reverse wreath (which is often softly impressed in examples of this type) is sharp to full over all of the leaf clusters. Indeed, even the thin veins in all of the individual leaves are readily ev