1859 1C MS67 NGC
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1859 1C MS67 NGC. Snow-4. The Mint experienced difficulties during its Flying Eagle cent production, prompting Mint Director Colonel James Ross Snowden to order a new J.B. Longacre design that would enter the channels of commerce in 1859. This coin became known as the Indian cent, which has become immensely popular with generations of collectors. The initial delivery in 1859 totaled 36.4 million pieces. The distinctive design featured a laurel wreath enclosing the denomination ONE CENT on the reverse. Unfortunately for the Mint as well as modern collectors, this issue proved equally difficult to strike as its Flying Eagle predecessor. Many otherwise attractive coins are limited in grade by bluntness of detail over the date, denomination, feather tips, and diamonds. Not so the present Superb Gem. Every feature is fully brought up and the silky-smooth surfaces are devoid of even the most trivial abrasions. Modest brightness is noted in the fields of this otherwise frosty textured example and the dominant tan-pink color yields to olive undertones as the coin turns away from the light. A pinpoint planchet void (as struck) on Liberty's chin, as well as a second, equally tiny void in the field below the I in UNITED serve as worthwhile pedigree markers. It may come as no surprise to students of this popular series that this lovely MS67 example is the single-finest certified 1859 Indian Cent available at either NGC or PCGS (8/26). NGC Census: 1 in 67, 0 finer (8/26). Ex: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 9/2002), lot 5255; Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 2/2003), lot 5181. From The West Texas Collection. HID06601242017 www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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