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EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 128 1839 N-3 R1 Head of 1838, NGC graded MS64+ Brown, CAC Approved . Lustrous light bluish steel brown with tiny peeps of faded mint red on the obverse. Satiny and quite attractive. The only notable marks are a sharp diagonal nick over the E in ONE and a collection of tiny ticks right of that letter. M-LDS, die state b late. The fields are flowlined, the depression in the field over star 1 is shallow but clear, and the outside berry below the M in AMERICA is faint, nearly gone. Graded MS61 in the Noyes census, his photo #21555. Our grade is MS62. Comes with an impressive provenance (Naftzger-Gardner). 3607719-012 Ex Paramount International Coin Corp. 11/1980:30-Denis W. Loring-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:530-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale, lot 252-Eugene H. Gardner, Heritage Auctions 10/2014:98046-Terry S, Denman Collection  NEWCOMB PLATE COIN

LOT 129 1839 N-4 R1 Silly Head, PCGS graded MS64 Brown . Lustrous golden light tan with light steel brown on the highpoints. A small spot of darker toning in the field close before the middle of the nose, a speck of similar toning at the upper point of star 4, and a tiny tick over the right side of the eye are the only defects, and only the spot at the nose is visible to the unaided eye. Sharply struck E-MDS with a dull horizontal dash over the dentils tips between the 3 & 9 in the date and a longer one near the dentils right of the 9. This is the Newcomb plate coin for the variety (Plate IX, Obverse 4; Plate X, Reverse A). Called MS65 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS63 and tied for CC#4, his photo #27341. Our grade is MS63+ . A spectacular “Silly Head” cent, and it comes with a great provenance. (The holder is lightly scuffed.). 37231.64/13087618 Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:706-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:379 (as MS67, color plate)-John J. Nicholas, Superior 2/2/1992:615 (as MS65)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:448-Chris McCawley-Terry S. Denman Collection

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