EAC 2026 Reg

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 SECOND FINEST N-19 RARITY

LOT 73 1835 N-19 R5 Head of 1836 EF45+ . Frosty light olive and steel brown. Flowline luster shows in the fields and protected areas on the obverse and the eye appeal of this cent is quite nice. Just light friction on the devices and a few contact marks. The notable marks are a light scratch left of star 11, a very tiny rim bruise at star 12, and a light diagonal nick under the right side of star 3. Very early die state with hard, reflective fields on the reverse. The obverse die is well worn from use in the earlier N-7 marriage while the reverse die is new and very sharp. This was the second example discovered of the variety, and the story of the discovery is explained on page 259 in John Wright’s The Cent Book 1816-1839. Several dozen addition examples have been found over the succeeding decades, but only a few of those are in high grade. Graded AU55 net EF45 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #25746. 

Ex J. R. “Bob” Grellman, Jr. 6/15/1982-Richard V. Punchard 6/15/1989-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3659 (as EAC AU50)- Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.-Thomas D. Reynolds 11/25/2011-Terry S. Denman Collection

LOT 74 1836 N-1 R1+ PCGS graded MS64 Brown . Lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with traces of red remaining on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has very nice eye appeal. There are some small spots of lighter and darker toning on both sides including one between the top of the 1 and the bust, and the only notable contact mark is a tiny tick on the right top of the C in CENT. LDS with a die crack arcing through the coronet to the dentils at stars 5 & 8, another through the top of TES, one at F-AM, and a bisecting die crack from the first S in STATES to the R in AMERICA. The fields are wavy and slightly rough from die flowlines and erosion, especially on the obverse. The dies have not been lapped yet in an attempt to remove this roughness, and the repunching on the peak of the 1 is clear. Called MS60 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #27362. Our grade is MS60+. 37111.64/15109047

Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver, Heritage Auctions 1/24/2006:20049-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:446-Terry S. Denman Collection

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