Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 166 1797 S-136 R3 VF25 . Sharpness EF45 with fine roughness at the top of the reverse and at AME. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth. No verdigris and the best identifying mark is a microscopic chip under the Y in LIBERTY. MDS, Breen state III, before bulging at ER in AMERICA or die clashmarks, but the details on the reverse are severely blunted and a faint die crack shows at RI. The obverse is very sharp; looks like two different coins in this die state. 

Ex Superior 6/6/2006:159-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Ellsworth sales envelope)

CONDITION CENSUS S-137

LOT 167 1797 S-137 R2 EF40 . Glossy light brown with frosty golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas and slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. There is very little actual wear on this cent but the strike was blunted in the center of the obverse from a buildup of lubricant (a problem that is common on the earlier die states of the variety). No notable marks other than some of the usual tiny planchet flakes or chips in the softly struck areas. E-MDS, Breen state III, with a fine die crack from the right end of the wreath ribbon to the dentils. The repunching below the first S in STATES is sharp. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 Choice and CC#3, his photo #26470. Comes with a nice provenance.

Ex William Rabin 1934-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-New Netherlands Coin Co 11/1956-Dorothy I. Paschal, New Netherlands Coin Co 12/1957:1059-Dorothy I. Paschal 5/1977-Denis W. Loring 11/1982-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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