1841 1/2C Restrike, BN PR(PCGS#1257)
1841 1/2C Restrike, BN PR (PCGS#1257)
August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1153
- 等级
- PR66BN
- 价格
- 56,271
- 详细说明
- Gem Proof 1841 Restrike Half Cent 1841 Braided Hair Half Cent. Second Restrike. B-3. Rarity-6. Proof-66 BN (NGC). 96.9 grains. Olive-gold and chocolate brown hues glow with turquoise and magenta iridescence under a light source. Sharply struck to all elements with reflective fields on both sides. Among the finest from these dies, ranking at the top of the NGC Census across all categories. Christian Gobrecht's Braided Hair half cents were first produced in Proof-only format beginning in 1840 and matched in design with their circulating big brothers, the large cents. Beginning sometime in 1856, some of the Proof issues were restruck, a few using the original die pairs. Some issues were struck using a reverse die that can be distinguished by small berries on the reverse wreath and a doubled NT in CENTS. Then in 1859 and continuing for approximately ten years thereafter, the so-called Second Restrikes were coins on an infrequent basis using a different reverse die that has the same small berries, but without the doubled letters and prominent die lines above RICA. Some of these were struck on significantly heavier planchets but are exceptionally rare. Restrikes of this issue are rarer than the originals, the experts at PCGS CoinFactsallowing for just 15 to 18 survivors of the former in all grades. This total includes both the B-2 First Restrike and B-3 Second Restrike varieties. Provenance: Ex A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. London; New Netherlands Coin Co. sale of June 1962, lot 461; Lester Merkin; Lester Merkin's sale of the Louis Helfenstein Collection; March 1968, lot 151; Lester Merkin's sale of June 1971, lot 538; "GM"; Kagin's sale of November 1979, lot 26; Anthony Terranova; Neil S. Berman; Heritage's sale of the Ernest J. Montgomery Collection July 1997, lot 8115; Superior's sale of February 2003, lot 139; Heritage's sale of the Colonel Steven Ellsworth Collection of U.S. Half Cents, May 2008, lot 1739. NGC Census: 2; none finer. PCGS# 1257. NGC ID: 26Y6. Click here for certification details from NGC.