2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 BEAUTIFUL TERMINAL STATE S-239

LOT 348 1802 S-239 R3 NGC graded AU50. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with steel overtones. Smooth and very attractive, just lightly worn. A tiny, barely visible scratch left of the L in LIBERTY is the only notable mark. LDS, Breen state V, with a clearly raised “elephant trunk” break from the nose. The section between the two die cracks is clearly raised. A wonderful die state. Our grade is VF30. The attribution and Jules Reiver Collection provenance are noted on the NGC label. 2537715-001

Ex W. E. Johnson 4/21/1970-Jules Reiver, Heritage Auctions 1/24/2006:19543-Tom Deck FPL 3/13/2023

LOT 349 1802 S-239 R3 VG8. Slightly glossy steel brown. Several points sharper but roughness covers the field before the face and LIBERTY. There is a rim bruise at the bust and an obvious dig in the field behind the head. LDS, Breen state V, with a raised cud break extending into the field from the nose.

Ex Steve Chappen 11/2013

LOT 350 1802 S-240 R3 VF25. Sharpness EF40 with fine roughness in the fields before and above the portrait with similar roughness at ED-ST. There are a couple microscopic specks of greenish verdigris at ED-ST, a scratch at the dentils over that E, and a dull nick low on the neck. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with reddish brown tones in the roughened areas. Rare E-MDS, Breen state II, with sharp die clashmarks on the obverse but no die crack up from the bust. Called net VF25 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #39160. Bland says EF40 net VF25 and tied for CC#7. Ex G. Maroskos-J. A. Obey-Thomas D. Reynolds, Bowers & Merena 11/1994:2055 (as VF35)-Walter J. Husak, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/10/2008:1281-Harry Salyards, 2012 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/5/2012:204-Terry Denman Collection (includes the Denman collection envelope)

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