1831 Matron Head Cent. N-6. Rarity-1. Large Letters. MS-64 BN (PCGS).Light golden olive through the date and around the rightmost stars, while the remaining areas have mellowed to deeper steel with faint highlights of blue. The reverse is mottled olive and tan. Nice luster seen on both sides. Struck from the later state of the dies with die rust present, but neither it nor the flowlines are pronounced. Obvious die clashing is seen before Liberty’s face and within the wreath, left of ONE CENT. Noyes Die State B/B. We can trace this desirable example back over 70 years to the collection of copper specialist John P. Young. It would eventually pass through the hands of such luminaries as T. James Clarke and Herbert M. Oechsner, and more recently was offered as part of the incredible Twin Leaf Collection in our July 2015 sale.From the Paradise Collection. Earlier ex John P. Young; Barney Bluestones sale #89, September 1949, lot 742; Abe Kosoffs sale of the T. James Clarke Collection, April 1956, lot 240; our (Stacks) sale of the Herbert M. Oechsner Collection, September 1988, lot 118; Dennis Mendelson; Superiors sale of February 1991, lot 414; March Wells; Superiors sale of February 2000, lot 1942; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection, Part I, July 2015, lot 2201; Ira and Larry Goldbergs sale of September 2016, lot 513, Heritages sale of August 2017, lot 3061.
