1846 1C Small Date, BN MS(PCGS#1865)

August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1128

等级

MS67BN

价格

31,679

详细说明

Virtually Pristine 1846 N-3 Small Date Cent Only Example Graded MS-67 by PCGS 1846 Braided Hair Cent. N-3. Rarity-2. Small Date. MS-67 BN (PCGS). Type:Braided Hair. Design: Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1846 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-3. Obv: Small Date, repunched, which is most readily evident as an extension to the left from the crossbar of the digit 4. An area of roughness in the die is evident at the denticles between stars 2 and 3. The 1846 N-3 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: Lines from the denticles slant down to the left above the letters STA in STATES. The 1846 N-3 also represents the only use of this reverse die. Most die marriages of this issue correspond to the Small Date Guide Bookvariety of the 1846 Braided Hair cent. Die State: Grellman b, Noyes C/B. Obv: Perfect, although the die is worn, with the lines at star 13 from this earliest state no longer evident, and repunching on the date indistinguishable except along the left inside of the upright of the 4 and as an extension to the left from the crossbar of that digit. Rev: Perfect with no cracks or rim cuds, die slightly worn with the lines above the letters STA in STATES fading. Edge: Plain. Mintage for the Issue: 4,120,800 coins. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: Boldly denticulated borders frame design elements that are sharply to fully defined overall. Notable softness is confined to the obverse periphery, where star 9 is blunt and several others lack full centrils. Surfaces: Delightful satin to softly frosted surfaces border on pristine. The surfaces are smooth and devoid of even the most trivial blemishes. Predominantly toned in warm medium brown and steel-lilac, ample mint color remains in the protected areas around most design elements. Two microscopic planchet chips in the obverse field between stars 10 and 11 are the only useful provenance markers. Commentary: The Braided Hair cents of 1846 come in three distinct date sizes -- Small, Medium, Tall -- and the present Newcomb-3 is the only MS-67 known to PCGS in any category, irrespective of die pairing or Guide Bookvariety. Assigned an EAC grade of MS-63 by the Heritage cataloger in the firm's August 2015 ANA Signature Auction, this is an exceptionally well preserved example that certainly ranks high in the census for the 1846 N-3 dies. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Adam Mervis; Heritage's sale of the Adam Mervis Large Cent Collection, January 2014 FUN Signature Auction, lot 2273; Heritage's Chicago ANA Signature Auction of August 2015, lot 3933. PCGS Population (all die marriages of the issue): 1 in MS-67 in all categories; 0 finer. PCGS# 1865. NGC ID: 226C. Click here for certification details from PCGS.