1820 1C Small Date, RB MS (PCGS#91616)
June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1311
- 等级
- MS65RB
- 价格
- 81,759
- 详细说明
- Rich, smooth, lustrous surfaces greet the eye on obverse and reverse, presenting medium brown with many areas of fiery original mint color, the latter dominating as the full cartwheel luster rolls around both sides. Only a few tiny obverse flecks are seen here and there, with the reverse showing some small toning spots atop the wreath, as is characteristic of most examples from the famous Randall Hoard, to which this piece no doubt traces its ancestry. On the obverse the striking on the hair is very well defined. Below Liberty's ear is an area of prooflike orange-red, a little section of the coin that is probably about as bright today as it was when this piece was minted more than 200 years ago. The stars around the border vary in sharpness; most, but not all dentils are present. On the reverse the details of the wreath and lettering are very good. The dentils are all present in one degree or another, some being sharper than others.<p>The 1820 Newcomb-15 is far rarer - perhaps hundreds of times rarer - in Choice and Gem Mint State than the 1820 N-13, despite the fact that most or all surviving specimens of both varieties in high grade trace their lineage to the famed Randall Hoard. The 1820 N-15 is especially challenging with such abundant mint color and superb eye appeal, as it tends to show dark coloration or very splotchy color when encountered in high grade. Today, most Randall Hoard cents of all varieties have been cleaned, or are quite spotted. We give our view that among surviving examples of this date, the present coin is in the top 10% with regard to quality. Among specimens of this variety, it is likely that this piece is one of the very nicest, a fact that when considered with the superb provenance of this cent makes it one of the most desirable specimens of this variety extant.<p>The Randall Hoard, which contained thousands of large copper cents mostly dated from 1817 through 1820, was rumored to have been found beneath a railroad platform in Georgia some time after the Civil War but before 1869. Supposedly hidden in a small keg (or multiple kegs), the hoard was named for John Swan Randall of Norwich, New York, who purchased the coins after they had changed hands several times since their discovery. After Randall's death in 1878, the coins that remained were offered at auction by Edward D. Cogan. The most readily available variety from the Randall Hoard is the 1818 Newcomb-10, followed by the 1820 Newcomb-13. Over the years, even as late as the 1870s, it was not unheard of to find groups of Randall Hoard cents offered by coin dealers. However, as the 20th century came to a close, examples were usually found as individual pieces.
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