1801 1C S-221 100/000, RB MS(PCGS#36285)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13013

等级

MS63

价格

256,235

详细说明

1801 Draped Bust Cent. S-221. Rarity-2. Noyes Die State A, Breen Die State II. 1/100 Over 1/000. MS-63 RB (PCGS). <strong>Die Variety: </strong>Sheldon-221 represents the earlier of two uses of this obverse die in the striking of 1801 Draped Bust cents. The first digit 1 in the date is blunt, the digits 01 are a bit higher than 18, and the letters LIB in LIBERTY nearly touch. This obverse die was later extensively reground to efface clash marks and then used to strike the S-216 variety. (Newcomb, and later Noyes, believed that S-216 preceded S-221 in striking sequence, although it is now accepted that the die could not have been so extensively reworked to enable S-221 to have been struck later.)<br /> <br /> The reverse die of S-221 does not appear in any other marriage, and the corrected fraction feature 1/100 Over 1/000 not only makes this variety easy to attribute, but also makes it one of the most popular among collectors in the entire Draped Bust cent series of 1796 to 1807. Both the digit 1 in the denominator and the underlying ciphers from the erroneous 0 are plainly visible to the unaided eye.<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State: </strong>The present example is an early to middle die state of the S-221 variety with faint clash marks in the obverse field before Liberty's face and throat, but no reverse rim breaks in the denticles outside some of the letters in the words OF and AMERICA that are evident in later die states.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike: </strong>This is a nicely struck example with bold to sharp definition throughout most of the design. Softness of detail is minor for the type and largely confined to the leaf clusters in the reverse wreath from 4 to 9 o'clock. Well centered within fully denticulated borders that frame both sides.<br /> <br /> <strong>Surfaces: </strong>Nicely preserved, as well, both sides exhibit an overall smooth, satiny texture with a lovely blend of original orange red luster and light to medium brown toning. Approximately 25% of