1829 1C N-8 Large Letters, BN MS(PCGS#36925)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13041

等级

MS66

价格

311,145

详细说明

1829 Matron Head Cent. N-8. Rarity-1. Noyes Die State B/B. Large Letters. MS-66 BN (PCGS). CAC. <strong>Die Variety: </strong>One of nine Newcomb varieties for the date. Short 1 in date, star tip near bust tip. The reverse die was also used on Newcomb-9 of 1828.<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State:</strong>&nbsp;Later die state on both sides, dentils weak and flow lines beginning.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike:</strong> The strike is as bold as ever found centrally, certain obverse stars weak at their radials.<br /> <br /> <strong>Surfaces:</strong> Medium golden-brown with lively luster and a soft rose-orange underglow. No marks of any measure are visible, even under low magnification.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <strong>Census Rankings: </strong>The Noyes Census lists this as 4th finest known and grades the coin as MS-63; Bland's Census lists this piece as finest known and grades the coin MS-65 +; McCawley-Grellman grades the coin MS-65.<br /> <strong>&nbsp;<br /> Pedigree:</strong>&nbsp;"The South Shore Hoard;" H. E. Morey, September 1900; Allison W. Jackman; Henry Chapman's sale of June 1918, lot 769; Dr. George P. French; B. Max Mehl's 1929 Fixed Price List, lot 491; Frank. A. Sternberg; J. C. Morgenthau's sale of April 1933, lot 63; Milton A. Holmes; our (Stack's) sale of October 1960, lot 1545; Louis Helfenstein; Lester Merkin's sale of August 1964, lot 130; Dr. M. Lamar Hicks; our (Stack's) sale of March 1986, lot 842; Walter Dudgeon; McCawley-Grellman's sale of July 1994, lot 99 (via Tony Terranova); Ira &amp; Larry Goldberg's sale of the R. E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection, Part II, February 2009, lot 229; Cardinal Collection.<br /> <br /> <strong> Commentary:&nbsp;</strong>With this year we leave behind the 1820s, a decade in which, except for the year 1820 itself, large cents are very challenging to collect in high Mint State grades. The Cardinal Collection scores a home run in this regard. <div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> </div>