1795 1/2C Lettered Edge, BN MS(PCGS#1009)

March 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

10001

等级

AU58BN

价格

98,795

详细说明

Nearly Uncirculated 1795 C-1 Half Cent 1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-1. Rarity-2. Lettered Edge, With Pole. AU-58 (PCGS). This 1795 half cent is very nice for the assigned grade and has a legitimate claim to Mint State. The devices exhibit sharp to full detail with no evidence of actual wear. The strike is well enough centered that the denticulation is complete around both sides, although it is narrower along the upper right obverse and reverse borders than elsewhere. Close inspection with a loupe is required to discern a thin vertical flan flaw from the lower obverse border through the tip of Liberty's bust and the pole directly above. The surfaces display light orange and olive-brown shades, with some bright golden-orange and lilac-blue undertones evident. This is a well preserved and visually appealing example of a challenging early U.S. Mint type that would do justice to an advanced collection. Cohen-1 represents the first use of this obverse die in the production of 1795-dated Liberty Cap half cents. It was later reground by Mint personnel, removing the pole to the liberty cap in the process, after which it was used in the C-5a/5b and C-6a/6b No Pole die marriages. While a number of high grade examples are known, including several Uncirculated coins, the typical 1795 C-1 half cent is well worn, if not also impaired from heavy commercial use. The present example was obviously set aside shortly after striking, and it ranks among the finest examples of both the type and variety that we have ever offered. Provenance: From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of the R.L. Miles, Jr. Collection, Part II, April 1969, lot 3. Lot tag included. PCGS Population (Lettered Edge, With Pole variety only): 11; 10 finer, only nine of which are Mint State (MS-67 BN finest). PCGS# 1009. NGC ID: 2224. Click here for certification details from PCGS.