1836 Modified Matron Head Cent. N-7. Rarity-4. Unc Details--Cleaning (PCGS). The obverse has retoned to a light steel-brown with gold and rose accents, while the reverse is more violet at the center and shows hairlines. Perfect obverse state, the only one observed. The reverse exhibits the middle die state, with a light crack over TE, connecting D ST. Both dies were fresh in this marriage and the coin has considerable prooflike character in the fields as a result. A tough variety in high grade. Only one example is considered Mint State in the Noyes Census. PCGS# 37129. NGC ID: 225T. From the John McBride Collection. Earlier from Kreisberg and Schulmans January 1957 sale, lot 3335; Jerry Kolar; Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz; C. Douglas Smith; our (Stacks) sale of the Herman Halpern Collection, March 1988, lot 470; Superiors sale of the J.R. Frankenfield Collection, February 2001, lot 1123; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection, Part I, July 2015 Baltimore Auction, lot 2276; 2020 EAC Convention Sale, lot 322.
