1886 1C Type 2, RD MS(PCGS#92156)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

426

等级

MS64RD

价格

29,555

详细说明

1886 Indian Cent. Type II Obverse. MS-64 RD (PCGS). CAC. This inviting example retains full mint color in a blend of pale rose and light orange. Overall boldly defined, yet a bit soft in isolated areas with slight waviness in the fields. This coin's quality of strike suggests that it entered the modern numismatic market as part of an original roll that sold for $30,000 as lot 593 in Superior's session of Auction '81. Regardless of its earlier provenance, the ESM Collection specimen of the 1886 Type II Obverse is a conditionally rare survivor of this scarce and conditionally challenging hub variety. For unknown reasons, Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber (or another engraver on staff) slightly modified the obverse of James Barton Longacre's Indian cent in 1886, lowering the relief and reducing the width of Liberty's portrait. The Type II Obverse is further distinguished by the removal of the extra outlines to the letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the lack of a gap between the lower hair curl and the bottom of the ribbon. The most widely known feature of this obverse hub, however, is the lowermost feather in Liberty's headdress pointing between the letters CA in AMERICA. The Type II Obverse received its first numismatic exposure in 1954 when Michigan dealer Jim Reynolds wrote of it in the Numismatic Scrapbookmagazine. It has since been recognized as scarcer than its Type I Obverse counterpart, with Rick Snow (2014) estimating that of the 17,654,290 circulation strike cents produced in 1886 only 7,650,000 examples were of the Type II Obverse design. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. PCGS Population: 13; 15 finer in this category (MS-66 RD finest). PCGS# 92156. NGC ID: 228E. Click here for certification details from PCGS.