1846 1C N-11 Medium Date, RB MS(PCGS#403884)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1129

等级

MS64RB

价格

66,692

详细说明

Near-Gem 1846 N-11 Cent Medium Date 1846 Braided Hair Cent. N-11. Rarity-1. Medium Date. MS-64 RB (PCGS). CAC. Type:Braided Hair. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1846 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a beaded 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: 27.5 mm. Die Variety: Newcomb-11. Obv: Medium Date, with a round hole in Liberty's ear and die lines from the denticles below the date. The 1846 N-11 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: Strong die lines from the border pass through the letter E in AMERICA, and there is also a die line from the upper left corner of the letter I in UNITED into the denticles. Always found cracked from the lower border and forking to the left and right in the ribbon, and from the upper border through the letter E in STATES into the top right of the wreath. This reverse die also appears in the 1846 N-19 pairing. N-11 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the Medium Date Guide Bookvariety of the 1846 Braided Hair cent. Die State: Grellman a, Noyes A-B/E. Obv: The die lines below the date remain strong, but the spur from the top right point of star 13 in Noyes State A is no longer visible, replaced (if you will) by the spur on the rim outside star 10 of Noyes State B. Rev: Additional cracks are seen from the right base of the letter F in OF to the leaf below the first letter A in AMERICA, through the final letter A in AMERICA into the wreath, and looping at the base of the letters ER in AMERICA then into the wreath below the E. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 4,120,800 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: This is a sharp early to middle die state with broad borders, crisp denticulation, full radial lines in the stars, and razor sharp to full definition to the central design elements. Surfaces: Delicate iridescent steel-brown toning leaves more than 50% of the original light orange mint color on the obverse. The reverse is more boldly toned in medium brown with subtle steel-blue highlights and faded pinkish-gold color in the field. There are a few faint flyspecks and wispy handling marks. The surfaces are overall pristine and worthy of an even higher grade were it not for a dull mark on Liberty's neck before the lowest curl and a thin, faint planchet lamination (as made) on the obverse that extends irregularly from star 6, through the portrait, to the digit 1 in the date. Commentary: Eagerly sought in all grades, the Newcomb-11 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the 1846 Medium Date Guide Booklisting in the Braided Hair cent series. Among the finest known, as are so many of the cents in the fabulous ESM Collection, Noyes grades this coin EAC MS-63 and ranks it tied for CC#2 alongside two other examples. Also tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census, but with a slightly higher EAC grade of MS-63+. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Abner Kreisberg, probably late 1960s; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection, Part III, March 2009, lot 726; Doug Bird. PCGS Population (Medium Date variety only): 3; 0 finer in this category. There are no RD examples of this variety known to PCGS. PCGS# 403884. NGC ID: 226C. Click here for certification details from PCGS.