1808 1C, BN MS(PCGS#1543)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

13020

等级

MS64

价格

161,062

详细说明

1808 Classic Cent. S-278. Rarity-3. Breen Die State VII. MS-64 BN (PCGS). CAC. <strong>Die Variety: </strong>The inaugural issue in the Classic cent series was produced using three obverse and three reverse dies in three marriages. Sheldon-278, as represented by the Cardinal Collection specimen, has the front of Liberty's headband straight on the obverse and, on the reverse, the point of the highest leaf in the wreath under the right edge of the final S in STATES.<br /> <br /> <strong>Die State: </strong>Breen Die State VII is the terminal state of this variety with advanced obverse die breaks in the denticles below the date and outside stars 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12-13. (Due to less than perfect centering of the strike on the obverse, however, the die breaks outside stars 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 are not discernible on the Cardinal Collection specimen.) There is also a raised, yet dull ridge along the denticles inside the die breaks at the date and stars 12-13. Both dies have also been repolished to remove clash marks from earlier die states, weakening the outermost leaves in the reverse wreath and widening the opening to Liberty's mouth. Many peripheral devices are also drawn toward the borders due to die erosion/flowlining, most notably on the reverse where virtually all letters in the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA are affected. Light clash marks, however, are still evident in the reverse field to the right of the denomination ONE CENT. Injury to the obverse border outside stars 1 to 5 from an earlier die state (Breen III) is still evident here, probably from clashing with the reverse while the dies were misaligned.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike: </strong>Apart from the aforementioned softness of detail around the peripheries due to die erosion/flowlining, as discussed above under Die State, this coin presents as suitably bold in overall detail for a large cent of this type. The Classic series as a whole is one of the most challenging in all of U.S. numismatics to locate