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LOT 741 1856 N-16/15 R2+ Italic 5 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Light olive and steel brown with 5% of the obverse and 20% of the reverse showing mint red. Sharply struck with trivial marks and nice eye appeal, but the luster is subdued by a thin layer of natural oxidation. A small spot of greenish verdigris on the lower half of the first S in STATES is the only notable mark. EDS, die state a, with smooth fields and sharp die lines at the dentils under 185 and star 1. (This is Newcomb’s #16.) Our grade is MS60+. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 406213.64/20482949

LOT 740 1856 N-14 R1 Italic 5 PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown, CAC approved. Frosty light bluish steel brown with nearly 20% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. There is a spot of darker toning hidden in the hair above the inner curl and a nick-like planchet chip on the coronet above the B in LIBERTY (as struck). MDS, die state b, with the usual strike weakness at the top of the obverse that left tiny planchet chips around stars 6-7. Our grade is MS62. The attribution and Goodridge Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 406211.64/27391408

Ex Kagin’s GENA Sale, 10/14/1983:1182-Carvin Goodridge Collection-Goodridge Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2/2013:648-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Goodridge lot ticket)

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

 NICELY PEDIGREED N-16

LOT 742 1856 N-16/15 R2+ Italic 5 MS62. Lustrous bluish steel brown with 20-25% of the faded mint red still visible, mostly on the reverse. Sharp and choice except for a shallow dig in the field over star 2 and a faint hairline from the bottom edge of the neck to star 2. EDS, die state a early, with sharp die lines from the dentils under 185 and star 1. The fields are smooth and many fine lapping lines are visible on the right side of the reverse. Tied for CC#6 in the Grellman census. This is Newcomb’s #16. Comes with a great provenance for a late date cent.  Ex A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London), New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/13/1958:171-Dorothy E. Nelson-Toby and Dorothy E. (Nelson) Syzmanski (the “TAD” Collection), Stack’s 2/4/1976:195-Myles Z. Gerson-Dr. Philip W. Ralls 2/1993-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:1502-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:675-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope)

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