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INDIANAPOLIS EAC 2024

 RED & BROWN 1851 N-2 EX NAFTZGER

LOT 494 1851 N-2 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to steel and light olive brown on the devices, nearly half the planchet still showing slightly mellowed mint color. Virtually flawless except for a dull nick on the tip of the chin plus a few inconsequential ticks elsewhere on the chin and lower edge of the bust. M-LDS, die state b. The die lines seen in the earlier state are gone and the upper half of the date is weakening due to die wear, especially the top of the 8. Called MS64 and CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #55027. Our grade is MS64 , tied for CC#7 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406651.65/18900396

Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/15/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1020-unknown internet bidder-Stack’s Bowers auction, date unknown, lot 2213 (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and last lot ticket)

 MOSTLY RED 1851 N-4

LOT 495 1851 N-4 R1 Both 1’s Repunched MS64. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown on the obverse with more than half the obverse showing mint color; the reverse is nearly full mint red, only the highpoints of those devices starting to mellow from their original bright red color. The steel brown toning is darkest on the nose. Nearly flawless. The best identifying marks are a tiny speck of darker toning near the dentils under star 10 and a small nick over the end of the wreath ribbon. MDS die state b. The diagonal die lines in the field around the date are gone and the repunching on the 1’s is dull but visible. Tied for CC#3 for the variety in the Grellman census.

Ex Natalie Halperin-Michael Eisenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:627 (lot ticket included)

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