1804 Draped Bust Cent. S-266, the only known dies. Rarity-2. AU Details--Improperly Cleaned (NGC).There is plenty of sharp detail remaining on both sides of this key date Draped Bust cent. Curiously glossy in texture, yet retoned nicely in deep copper-rose, the surfaces are also devoid of sizeable handling marks or other blemishes. The strike is nicely centered within uniformly denticulated borders, the reverse rotated nearly 45 degrees counterclockwise from normal coin alignment. Sheldon-266 is the only known die marriage of the elusive 1804 cent, the mintage unknown but usually estimated at 96,500 pieces and derived from the final delivery of the year made on December 31. The remainder of the 756,838 large cents delivered during calendar year 1804 were undoubtedly coined from 1803-dated dies. Noyes Die State A. From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III. Earlier from Heritages sale of the Adam Mervis Large Cent Collection, January 2014, lot 2824.
