1798 1C S-181, RB MS(PCGS#36111)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13010

等级

MS65

价格

329,445

详细说明

1798 Draped Bust Cent. S-181. Rarity-3. Noyes Die State B, Breen Die State II. Style II Hair. MS-65 RB (PCGS). CAC. <strong>Die Variety: </strong>The Style II Hair&nbsp;<em>Guide Book </em>variety for the Draped Bust cent is characterized by an extra curl in Liberty's lower hair immediately behind the shoulder. 1798 is the earliest date for the type on which this variety appears, and it remains in use through the end of the Draped Bust series in 1807. The Sheldon-181 die variety was struck from an obverse that was previously used in the S-180 marriage. It is most readily identifiable by a prominent die crack in the left obverse field that originates just before 9 o'clock on the border and advances in progressive die states to the round curl in Liberty's hair just below the ribbon ends. The reverse of S-181 is distinguished by having six berries on the left (facing) wreath branch, as opposed to only five berries for the reverse of S-180.<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State: </strong>The present example is in an advanced, although not terminal die state for the S-181 die variety. The prominent obverse die break in the left field inherited from the S-180 variety now extends to the round curl below the ribbon ends, and a second die break from the lower right border to the end of the bust also inherited from S-180 now extends clear across the bust, the lowermost hair curls, and to the border at 7 o'clock. Additional cracks have also now appeared: from the border to the upper and lower ribbon ends, from the base of the letter T in LIBERTY to the highest wave of hair, from the base of the Y to the forelock, and from the border to Liberty's nose. The peripheral crack above the letters LIBE in LIBERTY that appeared in Breen Die State I is still evident here, albeit more pronounced above the L.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike:&nbsp;</strong>We note a generally bold strike for the type with the sharpest definition evident on the obverse throughout Liberty's portrait and at the denticle