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Lot:5109 1798/7 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-151. Rarity-3+. Mint State-62 BN (PCGS).

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SBP-苏富比2017年3月波格集藏V

2017-04-01 07:30:00

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The Mint. There is one of these in Philadelphia, but it is not busy ... the Mint, as one might say, is merely a curiosity. - Moreau de St. Mery, Voyage aux Etats-Unis de lAmerique, 1793-1798Among the finest known survivors of the elusive 1798/7 S-151, this pleasing example claims provenance to several of the 20th centurys best known cent collections. Glimpses of mint frost remain, particularly in protected areas of the obverse design. The surfaces are attractive and original, toned a mostly even shade of golden light brown on the obverse, honey and olive tan on the reverse. The fields are smooth and free of major problems, showing trivial marks in the right obverse field and a short hairline beneath Libertys chin. A tiny rim nick is noted below Y of LIBERTY. The portrait of Liberty is bluntly struck, typical of the die marriage, and the lack of oppositional force has left the leaves of the lower right side of the wreath flat. A network of heavy die cracks in the left field has sunken that side of the die, leaving the left side of the coin swollen and undoubtedly having a major impact on the ability of the die to bring up sufficient central detail. Two parallel arcs curl to the lower right, one starting at the rim and the other starting at the base of Libertys hair bow. Two different parallel arcs go the other direction, creating a criss-cross of die cracks left of the bow. Another delicate crack touches the top of the bow, extending down from the denticles left of L in LIBERTY, and two more parallel cracks cross the curl at the bow and the curls near the shoulder. Some clash marks are visible in the area.On the reverse, further cracks are seen, including a long arc from the leaf cluster below U of UNITED to the denticles above CA of AMERICA, a crack from below AT of STATES that runs nearly horizontally on its way to the denticles between OF and AMERICA, and a parallel break through E of AMERICA. A bulb-shaped break is present below the left ribbon end. A rim break is hidden within the obverse denticles near the lowest hair curl. This is the plate coin in the Breen book, literally the textbook case of the latest state recorded by Breen, his state VIII.The PCGS holder allows for examination of the distinctive edge, showing diagonal reeding that is visible around the entire circumference, perhaps best studied near 9:00. The imported planchets for this variety usually show this edge device, though it is rarely described. Breen described this edge device as "faint diagonal and vertical reeding." Cents of 1798 show a wide range of unusual edge devices, including beaded edges that show repeated raised pellets and lettered edges, seen on pieces struck atop planchets intended for English halfpenny tokens that had become intermingled with cent planchets before they were shipped to the United States. A 1798 Sheldon-176 in the American Numismatic Society collection has been reported as having a complete undertype of a fully struck 1788 Anglesey Mines token. The necessity of importing copper planchets to the national mint of a country known for its copper deposits corroborates Moreau de St. Merys observations. The Philadelphia Mint of 1798 was hardly a world-class operation.This is ranked second finest in both major censuses, behind the Beckwith-Helfenstein coin, that was formerly certified MS-62 RB (PCGS) though termed "Sharpness of Mint State but cleaned" by Del Bland. Its removal from a PCGS encapsulation leaves this as the single finest 1798/7 certified by PCGS.

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