1832 B-3, C-3, R.1, MS65 Brown PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade MS60....

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1832 B-3, C-3 Half Cent, MS65 Brown
Manley Plate Coin

1832 B-3, C-3, R.1, MS65 Brown PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade MS60. Equivalents. Proskey 3: 1-C; Ross 1-C; Gilbert-3; Empire-79; Cohen-3; Breen-3; Bowers-Whitman 3; Eckberg 1-B.

Rarity. R.1. Eckberg estimates a surviving population of 1,600 examples, the highest 1832 population by a thin margin.

Obverse 1 appears on Breen-1, 2, and 3. New star punches were used for the first time in 1832. The stars are smaller than those found in previous issues of the design. The left edge of the hair curl is below the center of the 2 in the date that uses the small punches first employed in 1831.

Reverse C appears on Breen-3. The highest leaf point is just past the right edge of the final S. The N and D in UNITED, the A, E, and S in STATES, and the first A and M in AMERICA are all recut. Several letters of HALF CENT are outlined.

Edge. Plain.

Surfaces. A frosty and fully lustrous Gem, this piece is sharply defined with excellent eye appeal. A few scattered marks fail to diminish the grade of this example. A small spot over the D of UNITED will aid in tracking the provenance.

Die State. The obverse is perfect and the reverse has a band of die rust from the H in HALF through CE to the ribbon and stem end.

Appearances. Illustrated at the PCGS Set Registry record of the McGuigan Collection. This is Ronald Manley's primary illustration in The Half Cent Die State Book 1793-1857.

PCGS Population (5/2022). The PCGS population data 11 1832 half cents certified as MS65 Brown, two as MS65 Red and Brown, and three as MS66 Brown. Two of the MS65 Brown coins and one MS66 Brown example are attributed as C-3.

Commentary. The famous Missouri Cabinet, perhaps the finest collection of half cents ever assembled, included an example certified as MS66 Brown. That coin reappeared in the Pogue Collection auction. The finest that we have previously handled grade MS64 Brown. We know of just one Red and Brown example, PCGS graded MS64, that appeared in a November 2013 Stack's Bowers auction.

McGuigan Commentary. Choice lustrous light brown toning. Struck from a reverse die exhibiting extensive rust on and around the ribbon bow.

Provenance. Ex: Loye L. Lauder (William Doyle Galleries, 12/1983), lot 282.

Personality. Operating in New York City, William Doyle Galleries is best known for their December 1983 auction of the Loye Lauder Collection. The firm had several specialty departments including numismatics under the direction of Robert Archer, a Yale University graduate who was also associated with Spink & Son USA, and later with Stack's and Coin Galleries. He was a recognized expert in British Commonwealth coins. Archer was a member of the American Numismatic Association, the American Numismatic Society, the New York Numismatic Club, and the Numismatic Literary Guild. He died on March 3, 1998 at age 59.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 222Y, Variety PCGS# 35279, Base PCGS# 1159, Greysheet# 80922)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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