Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

FRED BORCHERDT’S HALL OF FAME COLLECTION 1793-1814 CENTS

THE NEWCOMB-SHELDON-DOWNING S-18B

LOT 18 1794 S-18b R4 Head of 1793, Edge of 1794 VF30 . A sharp, smooth cent with nice eye appeal and a superior provenance, but it was lightly burnished and retoned. Glossy dark chocolate brown and steel with some slightly lighter brown on both sides. Just a couple trivial marks including a tiny chip in the field off the chin and a barely visible rim bruise below the 9. LDS, Breen state V, Heck state 4, with strong swelling under ED. The H & D in HUNDRED are filled with yellow ink to signify ownership by Homer Downing. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#11 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU50 net VF30 and tied for CC#11, his photo #85122. A sharp, important cent that might deserve a better retoning. Ex Captain Andrew C. Zabriskie, H. Chapman 6/3/1909:734-J. W. Scott & Co., Ltd.-Henry C. Miller, Thomas L. Elder 4/13/1917:655-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/7/1945:19 (as AU)-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale (New Netherlands Coin Co.), lot 1636 (as MS60)-Harold Bareford 9/13/1985-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/1987:107 (as AU50)-Taichert, Stack’s 5/9/2001:8 (as XF45)-Chris McCawley McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2002 ANA Sale, lot 218-American Numismatic Rarities/Stack’s 6/2004:2149-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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