1838 Proof Modified Matron Head Coronet Head Cent
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- Price realized
- $30,000
- Sold
- Grade
- PR65BN
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1838 Proof Modified Matron Head Coronet Head Cent is a proof cent struck at the Philadelphia Mint, part of the Modified Matron Head Coronet Head Cents 1835-1839 series. No record was kept of the 1838 proofs; NGC knows a dozen or slightly more, all from the N-11 die pair. The obverse features Liberty facing left wearing a hair ribbon inscribed LIBERTY, with a coronet of stars around her head and the reverse displays a wreath enclosing ONE CENT. Minted during the age of Jacksonian democracy; Congress authorized branch mints at Charlotte, Dahlonega and New Orleans in 1835, and they opened in 1838. As a proof issue, this coin was struck multiple times on specially prepared polished planchets using polished dies, producing mirror-like fields and frosted design elements. Struck in copper, weighing 10.89 grams, 28 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #1811.
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