1795 1/2C C-6a, No Pole, BN MS(PCGS#35089)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

10004

等级

AU55BN

价格

30,231

详细说明

Sharply Defined 1795 C-6a Half Cent 1795 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-6a. Rarity-2. Plain Edge, No Pole. Thin Planchet--Overstruck on a Talbot, Allum & Lee Cent--AU-55 BN (NGC). A handsome, wholly original example of this popular early half cent variety. Both sides are toned in marbled steel brown and medium copper patina, the surfaces exhibiting a hard satin texture. The strike is nicely executed with sharp to full detail to the focal features, the obverse fully denticulated and the reverse softly defined only along the right border. Scattered marks are mostly confined to the obverse, the most significant of which are a pair of short nicks on Liberty's cheek. Shallow planchet flaw in the left obverse field below the liberty cap. A loupe reveals faint remnants of the undertype at the upper right reverse border around the word OF. Cohen-6a is the most frequently encountered die marriage of the Liberty Cap half cent. Most examples were struck on Talbot, Allum & Lee cents that were first rolled out to make them thinner, then cut down. Many such pieces display evidence of the undertype, as here. Uncommonly well preserved with ample sharpness of detail and a pleasing appearance, this condition rarity Choice AU will appeal to high grade type collectors and early copper enthusiasts alike. The Reiver provenance adds further appeal. PCGS# 35089. NGC ID: 2225. Provenance: From the Catherine Bullowa Moore Collection. Earlier ex Richard Shimkus; Jim McGuigan, June 16, 1984; Heritage's sale of the Jules Reiver Collection, January 2006, lot 19022.