EAC2025

EARLY AMERICAN COPPER SOCIETY AUCTION 2025  THE NEWCOMB-STARR 1847 N-3

yes LOT 367 1847 N-3/33 R3 Repunched Date EF45 . Glossy light to medium chocolate brown with frost in protected areas. Choice if not for two nicks on the cheek. E-MDS, die state b, with repunching visible on all 4 digits of the date and a fine die crack at TE. A nice cent that comes with a very nice provenance. Ex Howard R. Newcomb-Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/1984:502-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1/1998:550 (includes the inscribed Newcomb collection box, the Brown collection envelope, and both lot tickets)  CONDITION CENSUS N-3 WITH 4 RIM CUDS

yes LOT 368 1847 N-3/33 R3 Repunched Date, PCGS graded MS62 Brown . Lustrous light olive with faded mint red showing in protected areas on the reverse. Very attractive, essentially flawless. The only mark is a microscopic planchet flake in the field right of star 4, as struck. Terminal die state (TDS), state f, with a series of 4 rim cud breaks on the reverse, and all of the cuds are strong. Our grade is MS60 , tied for CC#14 of the die variety and tied for CC#6 of those known in the TDS according to the Grellman census. The repunching on the date is gone, lapped off the die. This is Newcomb’s old #33. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 37271.62/36938786

Ex Harry W. Colborn, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2005:1779-Chris McCawley 3/2011-Doug Durasoff, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/25/2015:645

LOT 369 1847 N-3/33 R3 Repunched Date, ANACS graded MS61 Brown . Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth except for a tiny speck of verdigris nestled between two dentils over the U in UNITED and microscopic roughness on the second S in STATES. The only notable marks are a few inconspicuous nicks on the reverse rim; otherwise just light friction on the highpoints. Terminal die state, state f, with 4 rim cuds on the reverse. The repunching is gone from all 4 digits of the date (Newcomb’s old #33). Our grade is AU55 sharpness net EF45+ . The attribution is noted on the old ANACS “soap box” label. 844261

Ex John Price Collection, Early Cents Auctions 6/4/2022:304 (lot ticket included)

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