1839 1C N-11 Booby Head, RB MS(PCGS#37247)

1839 1C N-11 Booby Head, RB MS (PCGS#37247)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行: Stack's Bowers

批号: 13058

等级: MS66

价格: 161,062

详细说明: 1839 Modified Matron Head Cent. N-11. Rarity-1. Noyes Die State B/B. Booby Head. MS-66 RB (PCGS). CAC. Die Variety: Newcomb-11 is one of 15 varieties of the date. Booby Head. Beaded Hair Cord. The obverse die was also used for Newcomb-15, and the reverse die was also used for Newcomb-6. The Booby Head variety offered here is distinguished by Miss Liberty's shoulder which parts the hair strands at the back of Liberty's neck.    Die State: Somewhat later die state with the dentils on both sides soft.   Strike: Bold throughout with sharp star centers and full wreath details.    Surfaces: The obverse is fully mint orange with no dark areas and displays intense cartwheel activity, while the reverse enjoys lustrous and bold blue and rose-brown iridescence against a medium rose-brown. No marks of merit can be found save for a tiny tick in the obverse field at 3 o'clock and a few marks revealed under low magnification. EAC graders unanimously agree that this specimen is one full grading point superior to the Northwest Collection specimen (PCGS MS-67 BN) sold by the Goldbergs (May 2012:60), a piece that realized $24,150 and was resold by Legend for $34,500.   Census Rankings: The Noyes Census ranks this beauty as the finest seen, as does the Bland Census. Noyes grades the piece MS-66; Bland calls the piece MS-65+; and McCawley-Grellman calls the piece MS-66. Pedigree: Richard B. Winsor; S.H. & H Chapman's Sale of December, 1895, Lot 966; B. Max Mehl, June 1951:181; R. E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; Cardinal Collection. Commentary: It would be interesting to know where the terms "Silly Head" and "Booby Head" originated. They were in use by the late 1850s, when Jeremiah Colburn of

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