EAC 2026 Reg

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 CONDITION CENSUS 1830 MEDIUM LETTERS

LOT 7 1830 N-6 R4 Medium Letters PCGS graded AU50 . Glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate with some tiny peeps of mint red remaining visible on the obverse. Mint frost covers the protected areas and this cent has very nice eye appeal. The highpoints on the obverse are quite glossy and appear to have been brushed; the reverse is mostly frosty. Lightly worn and essentially void of contact marks. A microscopic tick over the nostril and a small swipe of darker olive brown toning over the N in ONE are the best identifying marks. LDS, die state b, with a fine die crack from the bust above the 1 into the field to the left. Graded AU50 net EF40 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #34827. Our grade is EF45. (The back of the holder is scuffed.). 36967.50/30999541

Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-C. Douglas Smith-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:133 (as AU50)-Bowers & Merena 3/1996:557 (as AU50)-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 7/16/2015:2187-Terry S. Denman Collection

 CHOICE 1830 N-7

LOT 8 1830 N-7 R3 Large Letters VF35 . Choice glossy light olive and medium steel brown. The surfaces are smooth and covered with satiny luster, and this cent has great eye appeal. The only mark is a faint hairline scratch in the field from near star 3 to before the forehead, and this mark is not visible to the unaided eye. M-LDS with the tip of the coronet and stars weakly struck, as usual. The die crack from the bust tip to the rim under star 1 is clear. Called VF35 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #28280. Bland also says VF35 and has it tied for CC#2 among the confirmed examples in his census. A beautiful cent that comes with an outstanding provenance.  Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 5/16/1945:618-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:238-Jack H. Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:911 J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:941-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:319-Terry S. Denman Collection

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