1830 1C N-6 Medium Letters, BN MS(PCGS#36967)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1093

等级

MS67BN

价格

500,187

详细说明

Celebrated 1830 N-6 Medium Letters Cent The Only Mint State Example Known Ex Naftzger-ESM 1830 Matron Head Cent. N-6. Rarity-4. Medium Letters. MS-67 BN (PCGS). Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1830 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: Straight date with star 6 slightly right of the coronet tip and, in earlier die states, an inner circle that is broken from 6 to 7 o'clock. In the word LIBERTY, the letters I and E are repunched, the top of the E above the adjacent R. This obverse die also appears in the 1830 N-5 pairing. Rev: Medium Letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, which is definitive for a die pairing of the 1830 Matron Head cent. "I dotted" in UNITED, the letters RI in AMERICA are high relative to the adjacent C and A, and there is a light die scratch at the lower border below the branch stem. The 1830 N-6 represents the only use of this reverse die. N-6 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the Medium Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1830 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/B. Obv: The die is now lightly worn after its use in the 1830 N-5 pairing, both the denticulation and the inner circle fading and light flowlines evident in the field near the border. Rev: Lightly cracked from the border before the letter U in UNITED, through the top of the letters UNIT, and back to the border above the E. A second crack is evident along the top of the letters TES OF A in the legend, and there are light clash marks from Liberty's portrait on the obverse within the wreath, most noticeably before the denomination ONE CENT. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 1,711,500 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-4: 118 to 158 coins in all grades. Strike: Exceptionally well struck for the die state, both sides exhibit razor sharp to full definition from the borders to the centers. Surfaces: Handsome medium brown patina adorns both sides and mingles with full, softly frosted luster. Blushes of original mint red color are noted in pinkish-apricot outlines to many of the design elements, especially on the reverse. A minuscule nick on Liberty's jaw before the earlobe is the only useful provenance marker, the surfaces otherwise virtually flawless and at the threshold of numismatic perfection. Commentary: One of the most significant middle date cents in the ESM Collection, this incredible Superb Gem is the only Mint State example of the 1830 Medium Letters Guide Bookvariety known to PCGS and to those who compile the various EAC census listings. It is also a sharply to fully struck coin, an unusual attribute for this scarce and challenging die pairing. Ranked CC#1 in both the Noyes and Bland census listings, the former assigns an EAC grade of MS-63, the latter says EAC MS-60+. A famous condition rarity that will find a new home in another world class numismatic cabinet. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Herb's Coin Shop, Port Charlotte, Florida; Taylor John's Coin Galleries, Inc., January 1979; Del Bland, January 1979; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection, February 2009, lot 242. PCGS Population (Medium Letters variety only): 1 in all Mint State grades. PCGS# 36967. NGC ID: 225L. Click here for certification details from PCGS.