2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS  RARE 1855 N-4 DIE STATE

 BEAUTIFUL 1855 N-10 12.5 STAR

LOT 525 1855 N-4 R1 Upright 55 NGC graded MS63 Brown. Frosty light olive and steel brown with 5% of the mint red on the obverse, 20% on the reverse. No friction or contact marks, but there are some tiny specks of carbon scattered over both sides. The notable spots are one left of the base of the 1, two under star 8, and a few more under star 13. Very rare LDS, Grellman die state f/g, with die cracks outlining the final rim cud over the F but before the cud appeared. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Eric P. Newman Collection provenance are noted on the NGC label. 2046442-007

Ex Eric P. Newman Collection, Heritage Auctions 11/15/2014:7214 (lot ticket included)

LOT 526 1855 N-10 R1 Italic 55 MS60. Frosty olive brown and dark bluish steel with hints of underlying rose and lilac. Sharply struck and quite attractive. The fields are smooth and many of the fine die lines found on the proofs and earliest business strikes are still visible. The only notable marks are a spot of brighter golden toning over the I in UNITED, a pair of small planchet flakes under the N in CENT, and some microscopic roughness at the right bottom of the E in ONE. EDS, die state a late, with about half of star 6 missing due to a die clog.

Ex Heritage Auctions 1985 Mid-Winter ANA Sale, 2/1985:389-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/26/2021:435 (includes the Ellsworth collection envelope and lot ticket)

Saturday, May 18 th , 2024 5PM EST

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