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LOT 671 1854 N-8 R1 AU50. Sharpness very close to mint state but cleaned and retoned glossy light olive and darker bluish steel brown. Very faded red shows in protected areas on the reverse. A dull nick left of star 12 is the only notable mark. Sharply struck MDS with fine die flowlines in the fields

LOT 670 1854 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Lustrous steel brown with faint hints of bluish steel overtone and faded mint red covering 15-20% of the planchet, mostly on the reverse. Sharply struck with trivial marks and excellent eye appeal. The best identifying mark is a tiny struck-through line right of star 3 (as struck). EDS, die state a, with smooth fields. Our grade is MS62+. The attribution and Goodridge Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406081.64/27391433

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

Ex Stack’s 9/9/1987:497-Carvin Goodridge Collection Goodridge Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2/2013:620-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

 ATTRACTIVE “DARTBOARD OBVERSE” N-9

LOT 672 1854 N-9 R2 Stray Numerals on Portrait MS62. Frosty light olive and steel brown with 15% of the planchet showing mint red. Lustrous and virtually void of marks. A dull tick on the left end of the base of the E in ONE is the only notable mark, and it is barely visible with a glass. The face and upper half of the neck are covered with extremely faint low spots, but these are not visible to the unaided eye. M-LDS, die state c early. The dies are clashed and the fields are covered with fine flowlines. The stray numerals imbedded into the portrait are clearly visible: 1 in the right side of the ear, the left side of the top of an 8 in the space right of the Y, and the bottom of a 4 in the curls over the right side of the 5. The so-called “Dartboard Obverse” variety. 

Ex Robert A. Klosterboer 2012-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 673 1854 N-11 R2 MS60. A sharp, lustrous mint state cent that has three small digs on the reverse rim. Otherwise this cent is absolutely choice. The largest mark is on the rim off the end of the wreath stem with two smaller ones at TAT in STATES. The obverse is free of marks. Frosty bluish steel brown with 5% of the obverse and 20% of the reverse showing mint red. MDS, die state b early, with light flowlines in the fields. 

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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