1822 Matron Head Cent. N-9. Rarity-5-. VG Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). A rare late die state example of the variety, though not quite the latest observed, with a partially raised, retained die break above TES. Dark brown and steel with some roughness on the portrait and a mark at the central reverse. PCGS# 36736. NGC ID: 2259. From the John McBride Collection. Earlier ex Larry Whitlow; Myles Z. Gerson, October 1978; John D. Wright, via McCawley & Grellman, April 2006; Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, May 2010, lot 167; Col. Steve Ellsworth; 2014 EAC Convention Sale, lot 217.
