1810 Classic Head Cent. S-285. Rarity-2. MS-66 RB (PCGS).<strong>Type:</strong> Classic Head.<p><strong>Design:</strong> Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border arranged seven left, six right. The date 1810 is below. Liberty is wearing a fillet inscribed LIBERTY. Rev: A circular wreath encloses the denomination ONE CENT with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border.<p><strong>Weight Standard:</strong> 10.89 grams.<p><strong>Diameter:</strong> 29 mm.<p><strong>Die Variety:</strong> Sheldon-285, Breen-2. Obv: The letter Y in LIBERTY is low with repunching evident on the I, R and T. The lock of hair below Libertys ear terminates in a flat-ended point below the center dot. S-285 represents the only use of this obverse die. Rev: The point of the highest leaf in the wreath is under the right side of the final letter S in STATES, the letter N in CENT is repunched at the upper left of the right upright. S-285 also represents the only use of this reverse die.<p>Along with S-282, S-283 and S-284, S-285 corresponds to the normal date <em>Guide Book</em> listing of the 1810 Classic Head cent.<p><strong>Die State:</strong> Noyes B/A, Breen II. Obv: Cracked through the base of the digits 10 in the date and all stars on the right, extending into the field above Libertys head, with a lighter crack at stars 2 and 3. Rev: Lightly clashed within the top of the wreath and to the right of the letter T in CENT.<p><strong>Edge:</strong> Plain.<p><strong>Mintage for the Issue:</strong> 1,458,500 coins.<p><strong>Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety:</strong> Rarity-2: 751 to 1,000 coins in all grades.<p><strong>Strike:</strong> A well centered early impression from these dies, the borders are fully denticulated on both sides, although the denticulation is quite thin along the upper left obverse and reverse. Stars 1 to 6 on the obverse are blunt and lack centrils, the wreath and word STATES at the upper left reverse a bit soft. Otherwise we note sharp to full detail throughout the design.<p><strong>Surfaces:</strong> Frosty in texture with hard, tight, overall smooth-looking surfaces. Attractively toned in a blend of olive and steel-brown, plenty of mellowing mint red is evident in the form of golden-brown patina. Original bright pinkish-red color remains in the protected areas around the obverse periphery and, more noticeably, on the reverse within the left portion of the wreath and around the letters in the denomination ONE CENT and MERI in AMERICA. A few wispy marks under Libertys eye and below the end of the wreath stem on the reverse are mentioned for provenance purposes, as is a tiny planchet void on Libertys bust above the first digit 1 in the date.<p><strong>Commentary:</strong> An outstanding example of both the date and die pairing, this coin ranks CC#1 in the Bland census with an EAC grade of MS-65, while the more conservative Noyes census of 2015 says MS63(MS60) Average Plus and CC#3. It is surpassed among 1810 cents of all die marriages known to PCGS by only a single MS-67 RB, the Milas-Naftzger-Gardner specimen of S-282 that realized $99,875 in Heritages October 2014 sale, lot 98035.PCGS# 36485. NGC ID: 224S.PCGS Population (all die marriages of the normal date 1810): 2; 1 finer in this category (MS-67 RB).From the ESM Collection. Earlier ex Allison W. Jackman; Henry Chapmans sale of the Allison W. Jackman Collection, June 1918, lot 729; Hillyer C. Ryder, May 1945; Wayte Raymond; New Netherlands Coin Co.s Sale #41, September 1953, lot 311; Harold Bareford, September 13, 1985; Herman Halpern, December 11, 1986; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr., February 23, 1992; Eric Streiner; Jay Parrino; John F.E. Carroll; our (Bowers and Merenas) Rarities Sale of January 1999, lot 1024; Superiors ANA 2000 National Money Show Auction of March 2000, lot 88; Jim McGuigan, March 2000; Tom Reynolds; Ira & Larry Goldbergs sale of the Tom Reynolds Collection of Large Cents, Part I, January 2016, lot 318. The plate coin for the die marriage in the 1991 edition of the Noyes large cent reference.
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