1804 Draped Bust Cent. S-266, the only known dies. Rarity-2. VG-8 (PCGS). Marbled steel and medium copper-brown patina blankets both sides of this handsome piece. The surfaces are hard, tight and overall smooth in hand, certainly for a Draped Bust cent that saw this extensive circulation. Wear is a bit heavier at the right obverse and left reverse borders due to a slightly off center strike but, apart from a few letters in the words UNITED STATES, all major design elements are bold. The perennially popular key date 1804 cent enjoys strong collector demand at all levels of preservation.
