EAC2025

EARLY AMERICAN COPPER SOCIETY AUCTION 2025

 EQUAL FINEST 1847 N-34

yes LOT 419 1847 N-34 R5 PCGS graded MS65 Brown . Choice lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with a few tiny peeps of faded mint color in protected areas. The surfaces are satiny and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. The only marks, and they are microscopic, are traces of an old fingerprint in the field around stars 11 & 12 and a speck of darker toning under the right foot of the R in AMERICA. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars and crisp details in the devices, including the tip of the coronet. LDS, die state d. A fine but clearly visible die crack arcs across the reverse from the dentils through the D in UNITED, upper portion of the wreath, and ER in AMERICA before reaching the rim over that R. This variety is quite scarce overall but especially so in higher grades. Only two are known in mint state, and the next best grades only AU50 followed by a few at VF35. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #31397. Our grade is MS63+ , tied with one other example for CC#1 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. A highlight of the late date cents offered in this year’s EAC Sale, and it comes with a very nice provenance. (The reverse of the holder is scuffed.) 37346.65/18900189 Ex George M. Parsons, Henry Chapman 6/24/1914:1908-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale (New Netherlands Coin Co.) 8/19/52:2204-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:806 ($5290) (includes the Blaisdell and Naftzger collection envelopes and the last lot ticket)  SECOND FINEST 1847 N-35 EARLY STATE

yes LOT 420 1847 N-35 R3+ NGC graded MS62 Brown . Frosty light olive and chocolate with underlying lighter golden brown in the fields and protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Looks mint state but there is a trace of run on the very highest points of the devices. A thin diagonal nick in the hair over the ear, a speck of carbon on a dentils below the right foot of the 1, and specks of greenish verdigris over the first S in STATES (looks removable) are the only notable marks. Rare EDS, die state a, with an uncracked reverse. Our grade is AU58 , second finest of the early die state in the Grellman census. 575542-007

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