1802 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1470)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13014

等级

MS64

价格

102,494

详细说明

1802 Draped Bust Cent. S-225. Rarity-2. Noyes Die State B, Breen Die State III. MS-64 BN (PCGS). <strong>Die Variety</strong>: This obverse die, in its first of two marriages for the 1802 Draped Bust cent, is most readily identifiable by a series of clashed denticles along the lower obverse border to the right of the date. (These clash marks are present on all but a few extremely rare early die state examples.) The date is sharply curved with the digit 1 solidly joined to Liberty's hair before the lowermost curl, and the letters RT in LIBERTY are uncommonly widely spaced. The reverse die of Sheldon-225 is unknown in any other marriage, and it is easiest to identify by the presence of a long die scratch extending nearly to the ribbon from the left end of the fraction bar in the denomination 1/100. All of the letter Ns in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and denomination ONE CENT are repunched along the lower side of the diagonal.<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State: </strong>This is an early to middle die state example of the S-225 variety with prominent clashed denticles to the right of the date both above and below the end of Liberty's bust. Additional, fainter clash marks are also evident on the obverse below Liberty's chin and the ribbon at the back of the head. On the reverse, light clash marks are present around the letters ES in STATES and the word OF, there is a die crack from the base of the final S in STATES through OF, and a second die crack joins the tops of the letters UN in UNITED.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike: </strong>Expertly centered within fully and boldly denticulated borders that frame both sides, this piece boasts impressively sharp definition throughout most of the obverse portrait (where we note medallic-like detail imparted by the die). The wreath on the reverse is not as sharp with bluntness to many of the leaf clusters, although we stress that this feature is common to many dates and die varieties in the Draped Bust cent series. Peripheral det