2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 EX RASMUSSEN-HOLMES N-22

LOT 510 1852 N-22 R1 MS60. Lustrous mint red fading to light steel brown and olive with at least a third of the mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. The notable defects are a spot of dark chocolate brown toning in the hair at the main curl, another on the rim at star 6, and one more on the rim at the first A in AMERICA. Would rate a higher grade if not for a very thin layer of lacquer or some similar coating covering both sides (easily missed). MDS, die state c. The horizontal die lines from the main curl are gone and the lump under the left foot of the Y is clear. Some of the die lines at the inner curl remain visible. This is Newcomb’s #9. Plated on the back right page in the second edition (1987) of the Grellman reference on the cents of 1840-1857. Comes with a nice provenance. Ex John P. Young, Barney Bluestone 4/27/1945:913-T. James Clarke, Abe Kosoff 4/27/1956:383-Robert Carter 5/21/1987-Wesley A. Rasmussen, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:396-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:526 (includes the Rasmussen and Holmes collection envelopes, the Kosoff auction envelope, and the last 2 lot tickets)

 FINEST 1852 N-23 WITH SINGLE CUD

LOT 511 1852 N-23 R5+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Choice lustrous bluish steel and light olive with traces of faded mint red on the obverse and 20% of the reverse showing mellowed mint red. The surfaces are satiny and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. Just a few trivial marks including two very tiny ticks under star 3 and a small spot of dark toning at the right top of the M in AMERICA. Extremely Rare LDS, die state c, with a strong rim cud at the bottom of the reverse and a very faint die crack on the rim that outlines where a final cud is forming over AM (this crack is visible from over the right side of the A to over the center of the left upright of the M so only the right half of the cud is outlined by this crack). A wonderful die state, and the rim crack would not be visible on a worn cent. Our grade is MS63, tied for finest known honors for the variety but finest of the die state in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 147287.64/28461185

Ex John Higgins (Falmouth Stamp & Coin) 3/25/1995-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/26/2021:339 (includes the Ellsworth collection envelope and lot ticket)

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