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LOT 400 1847 N-23 R5 VF25 . Glossy olive and steel brown delicately woodgrained with lighter brown on the obverse. Smooth and nearly void of marks, but the strike is soft. A small planchet flake right of star 13 and a faint hairline under ENT are the only notable marks. MDS, die state c early. The die cracks on the reverse are light and the dentils over AM have not begun to shift.

CONDITION CENSUS 1847 N-23

LOT 399 1847 N-22 R3+ PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved . Frosty golden tan light olive on the obverse with frosty bluish steel and olive brown on the reverse. Peeps of faded red show at TED. Possibly dipped long ago and retoned. The only marks are an extremely light hairline under the chin and a tiny but fresh scrape on the leaf right of the E in ONE. Sharply struck E-MDS, die state b late or state c early. The die crack into the field from the dentils under star 1 ends left of the peak of the 1 and a faint crack reaches from between two dentils to the outer point of star 8. The strong die crack from the dentils to the left base of the 1 has not formed. The portrait is covered with microscopic lumps from die rust, as always on this variety. Our grade is MS60 sharpness net AU50+ . The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 37319.62/81060556

yes LOT 401 1847 N-23 R5 NGC graded MS65 Brown .

Ex J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Superior 2/17/2001:1409-Chris McCawley 12/27/2008-Fred Iskra Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2016:112-John McBride 6/20/2020-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Goldbergs 9/26/2021:119 (includes the Ellsworth collection envelope and last 2 lot tickets)

Lustrous light bluish steel brown and olive. Satiny and sharp with excellent eye appeal. Just trivial marks including some microscopic ticks in the field off the chin and between star 3 and the nose. The best identifying mark is a trace of shallow crud nestled around the berry under the first S in STATES. M-LDS, die state d early, with several die cracks on the reverse but no cud break. The area between the cracks over AM is just starting to shift inward. A very nice example of this scarce variety. Our grade is MS60 , tied for CC#5 in the Grellman census. 1770460-005 Ex Randy Burgess, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/27/2007:196

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