1835 Matron Head Cent. N-18. Rarity-4+. Small 8 and Stars. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS). A desirable example of this very scarce variety, this being the discovery coin for the die pair found by Walter Breen in 1952. Strong VF detail, lightly porous surfaces but still very decent for the variety and is tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #36041. Includes the Starr collection pill box. PCGS# 37102. NGC ID: 225S. From the John McBride Collection. Earlier ex David Bullowa, 1952 (unattributed); Walter Breen (who identified the variety); New Netherlands Coin Co.s sale of the Judge Thomas L. Gaskill Collection, December 1957, lot 1571; our (Stacks) sale of the Floyd T. Starr Collection, June 1984, lot 317; Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, May 2010, lot 444.
