1837 1C Beaded Cords, BN MS(PCGS#1729)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1108

等级

MS64BN

价格

6,669

详细说明

A Second Mint State 1837 Head of 1838 Cent 1837 Modified Matron Head Cent. N-10. Rarity-1. Head of 1838. MS-64 BN (PCGS). CAC. Type:Modified Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1837 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-10. Obv: Head of 1838, with a beaded hair cord. In the date, the digit 7 is low and closer to the border than Liberty's lowest hair curl. The 1837 N-10 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: The first letter T in STATES is high and leaning left, there is a die defect in the center of the highest leaf in the wreath below the letters NI in UNITED. This reverse also appears in the 1838 N-5 pairing. Four die marriages correspond to the Head of 1838 Guide Bookvariety of the 1837 Modified Matron Head cent: N-9, N-10, N-11 and N-12. Die State: Noyes D/C. Obv: Advanced die state with the denticles soft, especially along the upper border. Rim crumbling from earlier die states is no longer readily evident. Rev: The die is also worn with the denticles soft in many areas, especially from 12 to 7 o'clock. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 5,558,300 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: Peripheral softness on both sides is largely due to die state, as above, although stars 5 to 11 on the obverse are also blunt and more or less devoid of radial lines. The top of Liberty's hair bun and the lower right portion of the wreath on the reverse are soft, but otherwise the major design elements are boldly to sharply defined. Surfaces: Pretty medium and golden-brown surfaces are lustrous with a softly frosted texture. Faded mint color is readily evident under direct lighting, especially on the reverse. Wispy handling marks on the obverse are commensurate with the grade, a streak of steel brown toning through the top of Liberty's portrait the most useful identifier. Commentary: Pleasing Mint State quality for the type, date or Guide Bookvariety collector. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritage's Dallas Signature Coin Auction of October 2006, lot 120. PCGS# 1729. Click here for certification details from PCGS.