1804 Draped Bust Cent. S-266A, the only known dies. Rarity-2. VG-10 (PCGS).

Attractive hard and smooth chocolate-brown surfaces reveal boldly defined devices. After the 1799 issue, the 1804 is considered the key date in the Draped Bust large cent design type. Genuine specimens of the date can be told by the alignment of the 0 in the date with the O in OF on the reverse. Though "just" Rarity-2 on the whole, that designation typically applies to well-worn or low-grade porous specimens of the date, for in problem-free states the rarity is somewhat greater in our experience. At VG-10, as here, the bidders are presented with a highly collectable example of this scarcity, one that will see spirited bidding activity.

PCGS# 1504. NGC ID: 224H.