1826 1C N-3, BN MS(PCGS#36817)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1031

Grade

AU53BN

Price

504

Lot Description

1826 Matron Head Cent. N-3. Rarity-3. AU-53 (PCGS). Rich olive-brown with pale steel overtones and faint rose-brown accents noted in some of the recesses. A small group of tiny pits is noted just below star 13. A fine provenance back to Henry Hines. Noyes Die State B/B. EAC grade: VF-25. PCGS# 36817. Provenance: Ex Henry C. Hines; Willard C. Blaisdell, September 1976; Del Bland; Roy E. Naftzger, Jr., 1977 EAC sale, lot 192; Superior's sale of the Robinson S. Brown, Jr. Collection, September 1986, lot 606; Superior's sale of the J.R. Frankenfield Collection, February 2001, lot 837; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part II, March 2016, lot 10079.