1834 1C Lg 8 Sm Stars Med Let, RB MS(PCGS#1700)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1100

等级

MS64+RB

价格

70,860

详细说明

Premium Quality 1834 N-3 Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters Cent Tied for CC#2 in Noyes 1834 Matron Head Cent. N-3. Rarity-1. Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters. MS-64+ RB (PCGS). CAC. Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1834 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-3. Obv: Large 8, Small Stars. The digit 3 in the date is a bit low, and the inner point of star 6 point to the tip of the coronet. This obverse die also appears in the 1834 N-4 pairing. Rev: Medium Letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The letter N in UNITED is repunched, the first letter upside down. The letter C in CENT is also boldly repunched, and there are tiny projections from the base of the letter T in the same word and from the inner leaf above the letter O in ONE. The 1834 N-3 represents the only use of this reverse die. Along with N-4, N-3 corresponds to the Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1834 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/A. Obv: Cracked from the border after star 11, through stars 12 and 13, and back to the border below the right corner of the digit 4 in the date. A second, far more minor crack is evident between the lower points of star 12, and a third crack passes through the outer points of star 5. This is the earliest known die state of the circulation strike 1834 N-3 variety; the virtually perfect state (Noyes A) is known only in Proof format. Rev: Perfect. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: Mint records state that 1,855,100 cents were produced during calendar year 1834. The actual coinage from 1834-dated dies is greater, however, since by studying reverse die states numismatic scholars have confirmed that the 1834 N-5 variety was struck after the 1835 N-1 and N-5. As such, additional 1834-dated cents are included in the mintage for calendar year 1835. All three varieties share the same reverse die, which was first used in the 1831 N-3 pairing. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: Sharply to fully struck over virtually all design elements, a touch of softness to stars 1 and 2 on the obverse is hardly worth mentioning. The reverse is rotated approximately 45 degrees clockwise from normal coin alignment. Surfaces: Plenty of vivid pinkish-orange color remains on both sides of this premium quality near-Gem. The surfaces are also attractively toned in light steel-brown. Lustrous with a delightful frosty texture, both sides are overall pristine with just a few wispy handling marks over and before Liberty's portrait precluding an even higher grade from PCGS. Commentary: This lovely ESM Collection cent is tied for CC#2 for the 1834 N-3 dies in the Noyes census. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Long Beach Signature Sale of September 2003, lot 5316; Tom Reynolds. PCGS Population (both die marriages of the Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters variety): 1; 7 finer in this category (all MS-65 RB). PCGS# 1700. NGC ID: 225R. Click here for certification details from PCGS.