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EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 721 1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 AU50. A mint state cent that was lightly cleaned and retoned light olive and steel with very faded red in protected areas. Essentially void of marks or other defects, but the retoning is incomplete, especially on the reverse. M-LDS, die state e, with die cracks on both sides but no rim cud on the obverse. 

LOT 722 1856 N-3 R1 Italic 5 VF25. Slightly sharper with a few small contact marks including a small tick high on the cheek and a very light scuff in the field before the nose. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with some light olive on the reverse. LDS, die state g, with a rim cud from star 12 to star 13. The margins of the cud break are clear.

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

 FINEST VEDS N-4

LOT 723 1856 N-4 R3 Italic 5 AU50. Glossy tan and light to medium brown. Light wear and trivial marks including a dull tick over star 1. VEDS, die state a early. The fields are slightly reflective and very fine die polishing lines can be found in the fields on both sides. The fine die lines at OF are clear. There is extensive strike doubling on the reverse. Not in the overall condition census for the variety but finest of the VEDS in the Grellman census. 

Ex Dean Johnson 6/1976-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 724 1856 N-4 R3 Italic 5 MS60+. Lustrous light brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. A few peeps of faded mint red are visible on both sides and this cent has very nice eye appeal. Just a few small defects including a thin planchet flake in the field below the left side of star 7 (as struck) and a dull rim nick at the N in UNITED. M-LDS, die state b. The fine die line from the base of the F in OF is gone and the fields are lightly flowlined. CC#7 for the variety in the Grellman census. Removed from a PCGS holder graded MS65BN (PCGS label #1922.65/24398869 included). 

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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