1842 1C Small Date, BN MS(PCGS#1838)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1120

等级

MS65BN

价格

22,508

详细说明

Lustrous Mint State 1842 Small Date Cent Newcomb-2 1842 Braided Hair Cent. N-2. Rarity-1. Small Date. MS-65 BN (PCGS). CAC. Type:Braided Hair. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1842 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-2. Obv: Small Date, the point of the curl slightly right of the upright of the digit 4. There is a small die defect at the base of the digit 1, and a die line in the space at the base of the digits 84. The 1842 N-2 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: Faint die lines slant down to the left and join the letter N in ONE to the letter E in CENT, and there are tiny die lumps in the field areas to the left of the same letter N in ONE and the letter T in CENT. The 1842 N-2 also represents the only use of this reverse die. N-1 and N-2 are the only die marriages that correspond to the Small Date Guide Bookvariety of the 1842 Braided Hair cent. Die State: Grellman b, Noyes B/B. Obv: The defect and line at the date are weak and blurry, die wear also resulting in softness to the denticles and flowlining in the fields. Rev: The reverse die is also worn with the denticles weakening and the field flowlined, but a few of the die lines between the letters N in ONE and E in CENT are still discernible with the aid of a loupe. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 2,383,390 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-1: More than 1,500 coins in all grades. Strike: Sharply struck overall, the features in and around the centers are virtually full, as is the denticulation around the borders despite softness in isolated areas. A few of the stars on the obverse are blunt, but most show partial to full radial lines. Surfaces: Impeccable cartwheel luster on frosty surfaces. Handsome steel-brown with traces of mint red remaining in the protected areas around many of the design elements on the reverse. A beautiful example with nearly pristine fields and only a few flyspecks hidden between the letters NE in ONE. Provenance concerns compel us to mention a thin scratch left of star 13, another on Liberty's neck, and a dull nick at the upper reverse border before the letter O in OF. Commentary: This is certainly a superior quality survivor from the 1842 Newcomb-2 dies, and also a very appealing example of the date or early Braided Hair design type. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the Hain Family Collection, Part II, January 2002, lot 824; our (American Numismatic Rarities') Thomas H. Sebring Collection sale, January 2004, lot 1126; Heritage's CSNS Signature Auction of April 2006, lot 298. PCGS Population (both die marriages of the Small Date variety): 4; 1 finer in this category (MS-65+ BN). PCGS# 1838. NGC ID: 2268. Click here for certification details from PCGS.