1798 1C Second Hair Style, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: Draped Bust Cents 1796-1807
PCGS MS65+BN
OBVERSE COMPARISON
PCGS MS65+BN
- PCGS #:
- 1434
- Designer:
- Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Plain
- Diameter:
- 28.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 10.89 grams
- Mintage:
- 1,841,745
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $207,000 • MS65 • 09-16-2008 • Goldberg Auctioneers
Major Varieties
- 1798/7 1C, BN
- 1798 1C Reverse of 1795, BN
- 1798 1C First Hair Style, BN
- 1798 1C First Hair Style, RB
- 1798 1C Second Hair Style, BN
- 1798 1C Second Hair Style, RB
Die Varieties
- 1798 1C S-165, BN
- 1798 1C S-165, RB
- 1798 1C S-165, RD
- 1798 1C S-166, BN
- 1798 1C S-166, RB
- 1798 1C S-167, BN
- 1798 1C S-168, BN
- 1798 1C S-168, RB
- 1798 1C S-168, RD
- 1798 1C S-169, BN
- 1798 1C S-169, RB
- 1798 1C S-169, RD
- 1798 1C S-170, BN
- 1798 1C S-170, RB
- 1798 1C S-171, BN
- 1798 1C S-171, RB
- 1798 1C S-171, RD
- 1798 1C S-172, BN
- 1798 1C S-173, BN
- 1798 1C S-174, BN
- 1798 1C S-175, BN
- 1798 1C S-176, BN
- 1798 1C S-177, BN
- 1798 1C S-179, BN
- 1798 1C S-179, RB
- 1798 1C S-180, BN
- 1798 1C S-181, BN
- 1798 1C S-181, RB
- 1798 1C S-182, BN
- 1798 1C S-182, RB
- 1798 1C S-182, RD
- 1798 1C S-183, BN
- 1798 1C S-184, BN
- 1798 1C S-184, RB
- 1798 1C S-185, BN
- 1798 1C S-186, BN
- 1798 1C S-186, RB
- 1798 1C S-186, RD
- 1798 1C S-187, BN
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 5,000 |
| 60 or Better | 5 |
| 65 or Better | 1 |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-4.0 |
| 60 or Better | R-9.7 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.0 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 36 / 40 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 16 / 40 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 40 TIE |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 36 / 40 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 16 / 40 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 40 TIE |
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 MS65BN PCGS grade
Ex Pierre Edouard LeGras (Paris) - Edouard Frossard 11/1882:184 - T. Harrison Garrett - Robert Garrett 1919 - John Work Garrett - Johns Hopkins University - Bowers & Ruddy 11/1979:91, $18,000 - Stanley Kesselman 12/1980 - R. E. Naftzger, Jr. - Goldbergs 9/2008:178 (as PCGS MS65BN), $207,000 |
#2 MS64+BN PCGS grade
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| #2 MS64+BN PCGS grade |
#4 MS64BN PCGS grade
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| #4 MS64BN PCGS grade |
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#8 MS63BN PCGS grade
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1798 Large Cents are known with "First" and "Second" Hairstyles. These are misnomers because the hairstyles are actually quite similar and differ only by the addition of a conspicuous haircurl just left of and below the ear on the Second Hairstyle. The new version, with the obvious curl, is also known as the "Head of 1799" because researchers believe all such varieties were struck in 1799 even though they were dated 1798. In particular, the 1799/8 Large Cents are all of the Second Hairstyle.
Finding Uncirculated examples of the 1798 Second Hairstyle is quite difficult. Even with the dispersal of the great collections of Naftzger, Husak, Holmes, and the Cardinal Educational Foundation, collectors have few options. PCGS reports less than two dozen MS Brown examples, ranging in grade from a low of MS61BN to a high of MS65BN, with most examples appeaing in MS63BN. Red-Brown examples are exceedingly rare, and may exist only in one specimen (a PCGS MS65RB). No Red examples are known of the 1798 Second Hairstyle.