EAC2025

EARLY AMERICAN COPPER SOCIETY AUCTION 2025  FINEST EARLY STATE 1847 N-6

yes LOT 372 1847 N-6 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown, CAC Approved . Frosty light olive and steel with generous traces of mellowed mint red in protected areas, especially on the obverse. The only notable marks are a spot of shallow carbon on the rim right of star 10 and another at the leaf tip under the left side of the T in CENT. Nicely struck EDS+, die state a late. The dash left of the base of the 4 is weak but visible and the die line down from the dentils between stars 6 & 7 is sharp. Our grade is MS60 , tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census but tied for finest known of the early die state. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. (The holder is scuffed on the front.) 37280.63/38112599

Ex Douglas F. Bird, 2000 EAC Sale, lot 390-Elmer Guthrie (Great Pacific Collection), Goldbergs 2/16/2020:263-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/25/2021:104 (includes the Ellsworth lot ticket)

 THE DUPONT-HELFENSTEIN 1847 N-6

yes LOT 373 1847 N-6 R1 NGC graded MS64 Brown . Frosty light olive and steel brown with 30% of the planchet showing mellowed mint red. The only notable marks are a tiny speck of carbon left of star 5, a few microscopic ticks between star 1 and the chin, and traces of a fingerprint under the E in CENT. MDS, die state b. The repunching left of the base of the 4 is gone but the short die line from the dentils right of star 6 is sharp. Our grade is MS60+ , tied for CC#6 honors in the Grellman census. A very nice cent that comes with a great provenance. (The holder is scratched.) 586937-003 Ex Charles J. DuPont (Anderson DuPont Sale), Stack’s 9/24/1954:880-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:239 (where described as a “mint red and light olive gem”)-Lester Merkin 9/1970:132-Bowers & Ruddy 10/6/1977:959-Auction ‘86 (Paramount), lot 1534-Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/30/1994:267-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2001:1295-Early Cent Auctions 8/29/2021:267 (last lot ticket included)

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