1793 1C Wreath, S-6, BN MS(PCGS#35450)

January 2019 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #109

拍卖行

Goldberg Auctioneers

批号

10

等级

VF30+BN

价格

100,753

详细说明

Lot 10 1793 S-6 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VF30, CAC Approved.Smooth glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints of the devices. A very attractive Wreath Cent. The only marks are some light rim bruises, mostly behind the portrait. Otherwise this cent is quite choice. LDS with an obvious bulge behind the hair that continues through the hair and into the jaw plus a horizontal die crack from just below the lower lip to the right rim where it fades away. In addition there is another less obvious die crack in the hair below the bulge. It is easy to see why Edouard Frossard called it the "Sprung Die" variety in his 1879 Monograph of United States Cents and Half Cents, and Sylvester Crosby followed his lead and called it "the warped or sprung die." Nearly every known example displays some degree of bulge in the field behind Ms Liberty, and the die variety can usually be determined based on this feature alone. (Note: After long-term use a die may sink beginning in the center thereby causing a very slight bulge in the center of struck cents. This happened very early to the obverse of this variety, and almost all examples have some degree of bulging starting from the beads behind the hair into the hair left of the jawline. As more cents were struck the bulge became more pronounced and extended through the hair to the jaw. This caused more wear on the hair in the center of the coin than on the hair above and below the bulge, and this complicates grading the variety. In the latest states a die crack extends from below the lips to the right border beads.) Our grade is VF25+, close to the PCGS grade of VF30. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 213.5 grains. PCGS population 1; 6 finer for the variety.Estimate Value $17,500 - UP Ex Chris McCawley 4/1996-Jim Neiswinter Collection.