1802 1C S-228 1/000, BN MS(PCGS#36341)
1802 1C S-228 1/000, BN MS (PCGS#36341)
August 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1040
- 等级
- AU53BN
- 价格
- 62,523
- 详细说明
- Intriguing 1802 S-228 Cent Fraction 1/000 Variety with a Double Struck Reverse Ex Hawkins-Brown-Husak-ESM 1802 Draped Bust Cent. S-228. Rarity-2. Fraction 1/000--Reverse Double Struck--AU-53 (PCGS). Type:Draped Bust. Design: Obv: A draped bust of Liberty faces right with the word LIBERTY above and the date 1802 below. Liberty's hair is tied with a ribbon, the ends of which are plainly evident at the back of the head. Rev: A wreath surrounds the denomination ONE CENT, the base of the wreath bound by a ribbon tied into a bow. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is around the border and another expression of the denomination 1/100 (rendered as 1/000 here, in error) is below. Weight Standard: 10.89 grams. Diameter: 29 mm. Die Variety: Sheldon-228, Breen-4. Obv: The upright of the letter R in LIBERTY is directly above and nearly touches the highest wave of Liberty's hair. The left base of the Y is broken, and that letter is above the adjacent T. This obverse also appears in the S-227 pairing. Rev: Blundered fraction 1/000, the left stem of the wreath elongated and ending in a sharp point near the right base of the letter U in UNITED. This reverse also appears in the S-223 pairing of the 1801-dated issue. S-228 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the Fraction 1/000 Guide Bookvariety of the 1802 Draped Bust cent. Die State: Noyes A/B, Breen II. Obv: Lightly rusted on the bust above the drapery. Rev: The crack from the border to the upper right side of the letter D in UNITED extends irregularly to the leaves. Faint clash marks are evident around the fraction, both ribbon ends, at the letters STA in STATES and O in OF, and within the wreath to the left of the letter C in CENT. Edge: Plain. Mintage: The Guide Bookprovides a mintage of 3,435,100 coins for the 1802 Draped Bust cent, which represents the sum of all of the Mint's deliveries for this denomination during calendar year 1802. Some of these coins may have been from 1801-dated dies, while many 1802-dated cents were probably struck during early 1803. Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety: Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades. Strike: The obverse is just a tad off center to 2 o'clock with scant denticulation along the upper right border. The portrait, date and the word LIBERTY are boldly to sharply defined. Reverse with scant denticulation from 4 to 5 o'clock, although the most prominent feature on that side is double striking that is particularly pronounced at the letters ITED STATE in the legend, the denomination ONE CENT, and both the left and right branches of the wreath. The blundered fraction 1/000 is bold and readily appreciable. Surfaces: Handsome antique copper patina displays glints of deep olive intermingled throughout. Blushes of pale pink and gold, areas can be seen where original mint color was last to fade. Glossy surfaces are hard and tight with only wispy handling marks and traces of original planchet roughness that are easily overlooked. Commentary: This is a highly desirable coin that is not only a superior quality example of the Fraction 1/000 Guide Bookvariety, but also a dramatic Mint error due to the double struck reverse. Sheldon-228 features the same reverse die as S-223, one of the Fraction 1/000 die marriages of the 1801-dated issue. For the S-228 dies, the present example is tied for CC#10 in the Bland census with an EAC grade of EF-45, while Noyes (2015) says CC#7 and XF45(XF45) Average Plus. Provenance: From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Jody Hawkins; Robert L. Hughes' sale of the Jody Hawkins Collection, June 1980, lot 25; Douglas F. Bird, September 1988; Gary Ruttenberg, October 1990; Robinson S. Brown, Jr.; Superior's sale of the Robinson S. Brown, Jr. Collection, January 1996, lot 321; Chris Kromer; Superior's Pre-Beach Coin Sale of February 2001, lot 2252; Walter Husak; Heritage's sale of the Walter Husak Collection, February 2008, lot 2231. PCGS Population: 2; 7 finer in this category, six of which are Mint State (MS-64 BN finest). There is also a PCGS MS-65 RB certified. PCGS# 36341. NGC ID: 224E. Click here for certification details from PCGS.