1859 1C RPD, FS-301, S-1 MS(PCGS#37391)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2337

Grade

MS64

Price

1,380

Lot Description

1859/1859 Indian Cent. Snow-1, FS-301 (FS-006.3). Repunched Date. MS-64 (NGC). A very bold RPD with a wide spread, remnants of the first date logotype are evident southwest of the primary digits in the date. Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton (<em>Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins, Fifth Edition, Volume I</em>) state that, "...due to the spread of the secondary digits [this variety] should be considered worth a great premium." Beautiful near-Gem quality, the present example is sharply struck with lustrous, tannish-apricot surfaces. There are no mentionable blemishes apart from a minor, as struck planchet flaw in the obverse field after the date.