Fred 2 Book

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 504 1850 N-4 R1+ MS60. Frosty light reddish brown and steel. Satiny and lustrous with only microscopic marks including a small spot of darker toning in the dentils off the end of the wreath ribbon and a tiny tick on the upright of the E in CENT. EDS, die state a, with a fine vertical line up from the upper right point of star 9. 

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 507 1850 N-7 R2 MS63. Lustrous light olive and medium brown with 5% of the obverse and at least a third of the reverse showing mint red. Essentially flawless except for microscopic specks of darker toning (not carbon) scattered over both sides. A puff of slightly darker brown toning between stars 12 & 13 is the best identifying feature. MDS, die state b, with lightly flowlined fields. A few of the die lines from the inner curl to the main curl are still visible.

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 505 1850 N-5 R4 EF45+. Glossy light to medium brown with fine flowline frost in the fields and protected areas. Close to AU50 but there is a spot of very fine roughness between stars 9 & 10. LDS, die state b, with flowlined fields. The upper part of the line down from the hair bun is clear but the lower segment is gone.

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 508 1850 N-7 R2 MS64. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints with about two-thirds of the original red remaining. Essentially flawless except for the usual microscopic specks of dark toning scattered over both sides. A spot of dark steel on the rim over the first T in STATES is the best identifying mark. M-LDS, die state b. The fields are flowlined and just a couple of the earlier die lines at the top of the inner curl remain visible. Tied with several others for CC#10 in the Grellman census.

LOT 506 1850 N-6 R1 AU55. Glossy light olive and brown with traces of mint color in protected areas on both sides. Sharply struck and very attractive with just a hint of rub on the highpoints. A short streak of darker olive brown toning just right of star 6 and a nick well hidden in the main curl are the only notable marks. E-MDS, die state a. The reverse is uncracked.

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

Ex BW 3/1981-FHB

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