Transitional Head Large Cents (1835-1839)
1839 Booby Head
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
CENTS - CORONET |
| Item Description: |
1C 1839 BOOBY HEAD |
| Full Grade: |
PCGS MS 65 BN |
| Owner: |
Conly Rieder |
Owner Comments:
CAC Approved. Booby Head N-13. Nicely re-punched star 12; die cracks through much of United States and, contrary to Noyes, Wright was right in a 3rd crack through ES. Remnants of the initial orange-red in protected regions, but the open fields and high points are brown. Red cartwheel luster and crisply struck with only trivial marks save for an unobtrusive tick on the O of ONE and a small obverse rim depression at 1:30. Noyes (2012): "Wright et al have mentioned an additional crack through ES to rim over O which appears on later use 1839 N15 but we have not found this crack on 1839 N13".