1843 1/2C Restrike, RB PR(PCGS#1270)

Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3001

等级

PR65RB

价格

53,490

详细说明

Scarce First Restrike Proof 1843 Half Cent The Stack-Partrick Specimen 1843 Braided Hair Half Cent. First Restrike. B-2. Rarity-6. Small Berries, Reverse of 1856. Proof-65 RB (NGC). The lovely Gem-quality surfaces are lightly toned in iridescent copper-brown and feature powder blue undertones and considerable mint color in vivid orange-apricot. Fully struck with broad, squared off rims, and the Proof striking has imparted delightful reflectivity to the fields. An ancient carbon spot in the lower left obverse field and another at 3 o'clock on the rim on the same side are the only useful pedigree markers. Both originals and restrikes are known for the 1843 half cent, the latter with small berries in the reverse wreath, as represented by the present example. Breen calls this die marriage (doubled letter T in CENT on the reverse) a "First Restrike," which the author attributes to circa 1856-1857. The present example appears to be an earlier striking from this die pairing, inasmuch as the repunching at the base of the digit 8 in the date is still quite bold. Breen-2 is the most frequently encountered die marriage of the restrike Proof 1843 half cent, but such pieces are decidedly rare when viewed in the wider context of U.S. numismatics. Restrikes of this date as a group have an extant population of only 30 to 40 coins per the current online version of the PCGS Population Report. Provenance: From our (Stack's) sale of the James A. Stack, Sr. Collection, November 1989, lot 78; Jon Hanson; Donald G. Partrick; Heritage's sale of the Donald G. Partrick Collection, April 2021 CSNS Signature Auction, lot 3745. NGC Census (both Restrike die marriages of the issue): 5; with a single Proof-66 RB finer. There are no RD examples certified by either PCGS or NGC. PCGS# 1270. NGC ID: 26Z9. Click here for certification details from NGC. Additional image by NGC Photo Vision. Learn more at NGCcoin.com