1834 1C Large Letters, Newcomb 6, RB MS(PCGS#37046)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1102

等级

MS64RB

价格

116,710

详细说明

Desirable Mint State 1834 N-6 Cent Large 8, Stars and Reverse Letters 1834 Matron Head Cent. N-6. Rarity-3. Large 8, Stars and Reverse Letters. MS-64 RB (PCGS). CAC. Type:Matron Head. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1834 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a plain 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: 28-29 mm. Die Variety: Newcomb-6. Obv: Large 8, Large Stars. In the date, the digit 3 is a trifle low and the 4 leans left. Always seen with an encircling peripheral crack through the date and all stars. This obverse die also appears in the 1834 N-5 pairing. Rev: Large Letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The final letter A in AMERICA is very close to the end of the branch stem, and there is a prominent spur of extra metal at the base of the letter T in CENT. The 1834 N-6 represents the only use of this reverse die. N-6 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the Large 8, Stars and Reverse Letters Guide Bookvariety of the 1834 Matron Head cent. Die State: Noyes B-C/D. Obv: An intermediate state with the aforementioned peripheral crack present. The fields have light flowlining and spalling from die rust at the letters LIB in LIBERTY. The die chip at the border outside stars 8 and 9 for Noyes Die State C, however, is not present. Rev: Cracked from the border below the ribbon, through the top of the letters in the word UNITED, to the top of the first letter S in STATES. The crack, denticles and the top of the letters in UNITED and RICA in AMERICA are soft due to die wear, the field rough and flowlined around the periphery. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: Mint records state that 1,855,100 cents were produced during calendar year 1834. The actual coinage from 1834-dated dies is greater, however, since by studying reverse die states numismatic scholars have confirmed that the 1834 N-5 variety was struck after the 1835 N-1 and N-5. As such, additional 1834-dated cents are included in the mintage for calendar year 1835. All three varieties share the same reverse die, which was first used in the 1831 N-3 pairing. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-3: 301 to 400 coins in all grades. Strike: This is a sharply struck coin despite the advanced die state, the obverse particularly impressive in this regard with Liberty's portrait fully rendered, the border boldly and uniformly denticulated, and softness confined to stars 3 through 9. The reverse is softer around the periphery, as above, but the wreath is sharp apart from bluntness to the ribbon and branch stem. Surfaces: This satiny to softly frosted example retains plenty of vivid deep orange color that is more extensive on the obverse. Medium brown and pale steel-blue patina are also very much in evidence, and there are no marks of consequence. A few swirls of darker color over and above Liberty's head on the obverse and on the reverse between the words OF and AMERICA are useful identifiers. Commentary: The second scarcest Guide Bookvariety of the 1834-dated cent issue, the challenging Newcomb-6 die pairing is the only one that corresponds to the Large 8, Stars and Reverse Letters listing. In his cataloging for the Naftzger II Sale, Bob Grellman observes that this coin may have been dipped long ago and retoned over the years, thus explaining Noyes' EAC grade of MS-60, Net EF-45 and tied for CC#9 ranking. The usually more conservative Del Bland, however, says EAC MS-60 and tied for CC#3, and Grellman also grades this coin EAC MS-60. Aesthetically pleasing with superior quality for the variety, this is a handsome example that is sure to find its way into another advanced large cent cabinet. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Henry E. Elrod; B. Max Mehl's sale of the Henry E. Elrod Collection, March 1943, lot 87; Abe Kosoff's Lee G. Agnew Collection sale, December 1952 Mail Bid Sale, lot 800; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; Ira & Larry Goldberg's sale of the R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection, Part II, February 2009, lot 309. PCGS Population (Large 8, Stars and Reverse Letters variety only): just 2 in all grades in the RB category, both MS-64 RB. There are no RD examples of this variety known to PCGS. PCGS# 37046. NGC ID: 225R. Click here for certification details from PCGS.