1830 LARGE CENT - NEWCOMB 4
Rarity: Common
Variety Equivalents:
Breen 1845
Notes:
No Proofs are known of this variety.
The obverse die of this
variety was also used on:
1830 Newcomb 3
1830 Newcomb 10.
The reverse die of this
variety was also used on:
1830 Newcomb
11
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Images courtesy of John
D. Wright
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64 Brown. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29,
2001, Lot 64, illustrated, sold for $1,092.50
AU55. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach Coin Sale", May 27-29, 2001, Lot
1197, illustrated, sold for $603.75
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 236, "Newcomb-4,
Large Letters", sold for $345.00
Del Bland graded AU-50.
Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s
"Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, lot 462,
illustrated, where it was described as follows: "Large letters,
double profile. Newcomb-4½… Nearly defect free and a choice, glossy
medium and light chocolate brown cent. Fine double profile on forehead,
faintly on end of nose and chin. A beautiful cent that boasts even color
and a good strike. Later die state with cracks around the periphery of
the obverse and reverse. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "Unc."
at $8.", sold for $391.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The
Cent Book 1816-1839" by John D. Wright
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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