1804 Draped Bust Cent. S-266, the only known dies. Rarity-2. VF-30 (PCGS). CAC. Deep chocolate-brown patina with lighter high points. Exceptional eye appeal is the order of the day, as the central devices are still fairly sharp and no serious marks are present to the unaided eye. Indeed, other than a trifling amount of surface roughness, no detrimental blemishes of any size, shape, or form appear under low magnification. Many 1804 large cents have come down to todays collecting community in well-worn grades or with heavy surface roughness or other problems, but we are pleased to report the present example of this highly desirable key date is essentially problem free to the unaided eye. Early die state, no cuds formed. PCGS# 1504. From the Abernathy Collection. Earlier from our (Stacks) Samuel Berngard and S.S. New York Collections sale, July 2008, lot 1108.
