1858 1C J-208 MS(PCGS#11884)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

6573

Grade

MS62

Prix

1 800

Description du lot

Transitional issue. <strong>Obv:</strong> Longacre's Indian motif as adopted in 1859, here dated 1858, the point of Liberty's bust rounded. <strong>Rev:</strong> The regular issue design of 1859, with a laurel (or olive - the Mint used both designations in its correspondence) wreath enclosing the denomination ONE CENT. The wreath is composed of clusters of five leaves. This die combination is a particularly important transitional issue. As such, it is certainly a candidate for consideration as a historical, "story" item for any collector of regular issue Indian cents. Only a few hundred are known. It has exactly the same status as an 1856 Flying Eagle cent: regular design one year early. The 1856 is famous, though curiously, the 1858 is not.