1833 1C Newcomb 2, RB MS(PCGS#37022)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

13045

Grade

MS66

Prix

27 025

Description du lot

1833 Matron Head Cent. N-2. Rarity-2. Noyes Die State B/C. MS-66 RB (PCGS). CAC. <strong>Die Variety: </strong>Newcomb-2 is one of six die varieties for the date. Curved even date, 18 high.<br /> <strong>&nbsp;<br /> Die State:&nbsp;</strong>Obverse die crack begins at star 11 and works its way clockwise through stars 12 and 13, then&nbsp;through the date and connecting stars 1 through 9. Reverse with crack atop RICA, another at tops of UNITED STAT. Reverse die aligned to 225 degrees or so, top of wreath points to 2 o'clock rather than the usual 12 o'clock.<br /> <br /> <strong>Strike:</strong>&nbsp;Bold throughout with sharp stars, hair,&nbsp;and wreath details.<br /> <br /> <strong>Surfaces:</strong> Satiny mint orange surfaces exhibit bold cartwheel luster and just a whisper of golden-tan chiefly relegated to the obverse; the attractive reverse is full mint orange in our opinion.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;<strong>Census Rankings: </strong>Tied for second finest in the Noyes Census;&nbsp;finest seen in the Bland Census; Noyes calls it MS-65;&nbsp;Bland calls it&nbsp;MS-70-; McCawley-Grellman calls it MS-66.<br /> <strong>&nbsp;</strong><br /> <strong> Pedigree: </strong>Dr. J. Hewitt Judd; Abe Kosoff; Del Bland; Jon Hanson; Dr. Wayne G. Slife; Lester Merkin's GENA Convention Sale, October 1972, lot 598; Dr. Joseph E. Dice; our (Stack's) sale of March 1986, lot 844; Walter Dudgeon; McCawley-Grellman's sale of July 1994, lot 120; Tony Terranova; Ira &amp; Larry Goldberg's sale of the R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection, Part II, February 2009, lot 281; Legend Numismatics; Cardinal Collection.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <strong>Commentary:&nbsp;</strong>Again here is another outstanding example for anyone building a high grade die variety set or, more likely for participants in the present sale, collecting the basic types and varieties of large cents listed in the <em>Guide Book of United States Coins.</em>