1795 1C S-78, BN MS(PCGS#35729)

1795 1C S-78, BN MS (PCGS#35729)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行: Stack's Bowers

批号: 13006

等级: MS65

价格: 274,540

详细说明: 1795 Liberty Cap Cent. S-78. Rarity-1. Breen Die State IV. Plain Edge. MS-65 BN (PCGS). Die Variety: Sheldon-78 is one of the plain edge varieties of the 1795 Liberty cap, and it represents the only use of these obverse and reverse dies. The obverse is most readily identifiable by looking at the digit 5 in the date. The upper stroke of that digit is curved, barely touches the bottom of the bust, and is fully visible (i.e., not partially buried in the bust as on the only other obverse of the 1795 Plain Edge Guide Book variety). The reverse is attributed to John Smith Gardner and may have been prepared as early as December 1795. It is Gardner's copy of an earlier reverse used to strike 1795 cents, although Gardner's work is easily distinguished because the denomination ONE CENT is centered within the wreath. The division of berries in the wreath -- four left and only three right -- is also diagnostic of this reverse. Die State: This is the penultimate die state of the variety with extensive clash marks (upward of 11 sets) on the obverse within the cap and immediately below, and on the reverse within the wreath and below the letters TES in STATES and the O in OF. The tiny obverse die chip along the base of Liberty's chin that defines Breen Die State III is still evident in Die State IV. For the latest die state of the variety (Breen Die State V), all of the aforementioned clash marks would be effaced through heavy repolishing of the dies. Strike: Both sides are as close to fully struck as one could expect in a Liberty Cap cent. The central devices offer essentially complete definition, in fact, to include Liberty's hair tresses on the obverse and the leaves in the reverse wreath. Only in isolated areas around the border do we see trivial softness of detail that affects a few of the denticles, mostly from 7 to 10 o'clock on the reverse. Even so, the amount of detail to the focal device

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