EAC2025

EARLY AMERICAN COPPER SOCIETY AUCTION 2025  CONDITION CENSUS 1847 N-11

yes LOT 384 1847 N-11 R4- PCGS graded MS62 Brown . Frosty medium brown and light olive with generous traces of bright mint red remaining visible on the left side of the reverse. The luster is a bit subdued by a thin layer of natural oxidation and there is some dirt in protected areas. The only marks, and they are microscopic, are a faint hairline in the field below the outer hair bun and a tiny planchet lamination at the dentils over star 10. E-MDS, die state a, with flowlines but before any rim cuds. Our grade is AU55, tied for CC#6 in the Grellman census. May grade a bit higher following a proper bath to expose the underlying luster. 1877.62/42780873

Ex Henry T. Hettger, Early Cents Auctions 1/20/2023:483 (lot ticket included)

LOT 385 1847 N-11 R4- PCGS graded AU53 . Frosty olive brown and steel with a couple small puffs of lighter brown in the field before the portrait. Nicely struck with just a light touch of friction on the highpoints. Choice except for some faint vertical hairline scratches on the obverse. A small nick on the nose just above the tip is the only notable mark. MDS with flowlines on the reverse but no cud breaks on either side. Our grade is net EF40+. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 37292.53/28453823 Ex Richard V. Punchard Collection, private auction in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 4/15/1995:340-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/26/2021:108 (lot ticket included) 

NICELY PEDIGREED 1847 N-13

yes LOT 386 1847 N-13 R4 NGC graded MS64 Brown . Frosty light to medium olive with at least 20% of the original mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. Sharply struck except for minor weakness on the E in CENT. This cent is choice except for a stain of darker reddish brown toning under the wreath, and the stain contains microscopic verdigris. MDS, die state c early. The die crack up from the right center of the R in AMERICA is light but visible. Our grade is MS60+, CC#9 in the Grellman census. Must have been close to receiving an “RB” designation from NGC. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. 306867-033 Ex Jack Collins, Bowers & Ruddy “Fairfield” sale, 10/6/1977:960-Myles Z. Gerson (via Denis W. Loring) 1/1980-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:1089-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1394-Martin Paul-Chris McCawley 2/2004-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. (not part of the Holmes 1/30/2011 auction)

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