2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 417 1820/19 N-2 R2 Overdate Small 20 over 19 EF40+. Choice glossy light brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Flowline luster covers the fields and this cent has outstanding eye appeal. Just a touch of friction on the highpoints. The only mark is a small nick at the left foot of the T in CENT. MDS, Grellman state b. The overdate feature is clearly visible on both digits and the fields are flowlined.

Ex Douglas F. Bird (includes the Bird sales ticket)

 ATTRACTIVE 1820/19 SMALL OVERDATE

LOT 418 1820/19 N-3 Overdate Small 20 over 19 PCGS graded MS63 Brown, CAC Approved. A sharp, very attractive cent but there are areas of extremely fine roughness on both sides, strongest at the hair buns and CE in CENT. There is a small patch of very light verdigris or crud right of the base of the E in ONE and specks of dark verdigris nestled into the wreath under ED-ST. Rather lustrous dark steel and olive brown with frosty slightly faded red covering the protected areas, especially on the obverse. MDS, Grellman die state a. Fine die flowlines cover the fields and the overdate is starting to weaken, but the undertype 19 remains visible including the loop of the 9 inside the 0. This cent has excellent eye appeal and appears to be choice mint state to the unaided eye (hence the PCGS grade and CAC Approval). Called MS62 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net AU50, his photo #22647. Our grade is AU58. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 36685.63/15090079 Ex California Numismatic Funding 2/1984-William K. Raymond-Del Bland-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 232-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/3/1991:282-John MacDonald 9/1999-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3439-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:129

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