1826/5 Matron Head Cent. N-8. Rarity-2. MS-63 BN (PCGS). CAC.<strong>Type:</strong> Matron Head.<p><strong>Design:</strong> Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1826 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a plain cord. 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> 28-29 mm.<p><strong>Die Variety:</strong> Newcomb-8. Obv: The overdate feature is diagnostic for this, the only obverse of the 1826/5 cent. N-8 represents its only pairing, although the underdigit is not evident on lower grade and late die state coins. Star 6 is entirely left of the point of the coronet, and there is a tiny die scratch from the upper left point of star 13. Rev: Bold center dot with the letters AMERI in AMERICA close at their base, the letter O in OF leans left. The 1826/5 N-8 represents the only use of this reverse die.<p>N-8 is the only die marriage that corresponds to the 1826/5 <em>Guide Book</em> listing for this issue.<p><strong>Die State:</strong> Noyes B/B. Obv: Crumbling within the top loop of the digit 6 in the date has obscured the underdigit. The die is beginning to deteriorate with flowlines in the fields, denticles fading, and the stars drawing toward the border. The die scratch at the point of star 13 is faint, yet still discernible with the aid of a loupe. Rev: Light die crumble is evident within the top left and lower right of the letter N in ONE. Die deterioration has resulted in light flowlining and deterioration of the denticles.<p><strong>Edge:</strong> Plain.<p><strong>Mintage for the Issue:</strong> 1,517,425 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> Libertys portrait and the wreath are sharply defined over all features, the peripheral design elements sufficiently bold for the advanced die state, although stars 2 to 5 lack full centrils. The denticulation is incomplete around both sides, commensurate with the die state, as above.<p><strong>Surfaces:</strong> A handsome marbling of golden and medium brown patina is seen on both sides, the obverse with a slightly woodgrain effect over and before the portrait. Frosty in texture with a hard, tight, overall smooth appearance. Light swirls of steel-brown and a trace of faint carbon in isolated areas are all that seem to preclude an even higher grade. A dull mark in the right obverse field inside star 11 is perhaps the most useful identifier.<p><strong>Commentary:</strong> Popular with <em>Guide Book</em> variety collectors, Newcomb-8 is the only die marriage of the 1826/5 Matron Head cent. This is an attractive PCGS-certified Choice Mint State example that is sure to please.PCGS# 36835. NGC ID: 225G.PCGS Population: 3; 9 finer (MS-66 BN finest).<p>CAC Population: 2; 5.From the ESM Collection.
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