1816 Matron Head Cent. N-1. Rarity-4. AU Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). A strong example of this scarce and condition sensitive variety -- the toughest of the date. Bold detail and overall a decent, glossy medium brown cent, just some light roughness in the fields, heaviest in the right obverse field and lower right reverse. MDS with obverse rim crumbling and a reverse crack through NITED. Noyes photo #33112 and CC#16 in his census. PCGS# 36523. NGC ID: 224Z. From the John McBride Collection. Earlier ex Dr. Stanley Hockstad, September 1986; Superiors sale of the Bob Matthews Collection, May 1989, lot 525; McCawley & Grellmans sale of the Walter Dudgeon Collection, July 1994, lot 1; 1999 EAC Convention Sale, lot 344; John Pijewski; 2019 EAC Convention Sale, lot 199.
