1825 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1642)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1084

等级

MS65BN

价格

83,365

详细说明

Condition Census 1825 N-3 Cent Ex Allison Jackman, 1918 1825 Matron Head Cent. N-3. Rarity-3. MS-65 BN (PCGS). Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1825 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: Close, even date with the letters IB and ER in LIBERTY nearly touching at the bottom. The 1825 N-3 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: "I dotted" in UNITED with a denticle centered over the upright of that letter. All of the As in the legend are small, the letter F in OF is normal, the letter E in CENT is above the adjacent C and N, and the same letter N leans left. The 1825 N-3 also represents the only use of this reverse die. All die marriages of this issue correspond to the only Guide Booklisting of the 1825 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B/A. Obv: Extremely faint die cracks are evident from the bottom of the bust tip into the field between star 1 and the date and from the tip of the top of the digit 5 in the date to the lowest wave of Liberty's hair. One will need a loupe to discern these features, the same being true for light flowlines in the field. Rev: Perfect. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 1,461,100 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-3: 301 to 400 coins in all grades. Strike: The design elements in and around the centers on both sides exhibit razor sharp to full striking detail. The peripheral lettering on the reverse is crisp, although most of the stars on the obverse are blunt and lack radial lines. The impression is trivially off center to 1 o'clock on the obverse, 11 o'clock on the reverse, with thin to absent denticulation along the upper right border on the former side, upper left border on the latter side. Surfaces: This handsome PCGS-certified Gem exhibits satin to softly frosted luster on the obverse that mingles with marbled medium and golden-brown patina. The more frosty reverse is boldly toned in medium and gray-brown with a pronounced streak of vivid reddish-rose color from the wreath above the letter E in ONE to the letters RI in AMERICA. Additional remnants of faded mint color are evident in golden-apricot undertones around the periphery. Both sides are as nice as one should expect for the assigned grade, with only a few wispy handling marks and faint carbon flecks. Commentary: An impressive and significant example of this moderately scarce die pairing, the ESM specimen is tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census and is sure to find its way into another advanced large cent cabinet. This coin has a fine provenance back to Allison W. Jackman of Poughkeepsie, New York, who was a life member of the American Numismatic Society, having joined in 1883. According to brief biographical notes in the catalog featuring his collection, he was a "highly cultured gentleman" who apparently had the financial freedom to devote his time and energies to studious pursuits rather than labor. Born in 1849, he was acquiring coins for his collection in the early 1860s, and similar to many collectors, he enjoyed working with his collection for the majority of his life. As Henry Chapman wrote of his collection, it "truly is a life work and how well he has mastered it is shown by the coins which I describe in the brief space of an auction catalogue." Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Allison W. Jackman; Henry Chapman's sale of the Allison W. Jackman Collection, June 1918, lot 764; Wayte Raymond; Henry C. Hines; Homer K. Downing; 1952 ANA Sale, lot 2163; Dr. James O. Sloss; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the issue): 6; 4 finer in this category (MS-66 BN finest). PCGS# 1642. NGC ID: 225F. Click here for certification details from PCGS.