1820 Matron Head Cent. N-15. Rarity-2. Small Date. MS-63 RB (PCGS). CAC.Noyes Die State B/B. Original mint red has faded to warm orange blended with lightly mottled steel-brown. The obverse retains about 50% of the original color, while the reverse exhibits even more. Both sides are boldly lustrous with a fresh appearance that is typical of the Randall Hoard coins, which this almost certainly is. The Twin Leaf Part I coin (Stacks Bowers, July 2015:2082) was a beautiful piece, but did not have nearly the color of this specimen. It also lacked the provenance of the currently offered piece, which hails from the famous Norweb family cabinet and can be traced back to 1908.<p>An example of the late states of these dies. On both sides the die wear is clearly evidenced by strong flowlines and weakened dentils. However, the most distinctive feature is the extensive fine die spalling distributed over most of the portrait and through the center of the reverse.PCGS# 36704. BASE PCGS# 91616. NGC ID: 2256.From the Widmer Family Collection. Earlier ex A Southern Banker; Lyman H. Lows sale of September 1908, lot 1164; Albert Fairchild Holden, 1913; Emery May Norweb; our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of the Norweb Collection, Part III, November 1988, lot 2880; Robinson S. "Robbie" Brown, Jr.; Superiors sale of the Robinson S. "Robbie" Brown, Jr. Collection, January 1996, lot 469; Twin leaf Collection; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part II, March 2016 Baltimore Auction, lot 10055; Heritages sale of the Arizona Collection, January 2022 FUN Signature Auction, lot 3073.
