Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 210 1798 S-164 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8, PCGS graded XF45 . Very attractive glossy medium brown blending to light chocolate in protected areas. Smooth with light wear and great eye appeal. The hair details are sharp and the only notable mark is a fine, very light scratch in the field right of the Y in LIBERTY. Otherwise just a few trivial ticks on the cheek and in the fields plus traces of soft dirt in protected areas on the reverse. E-MDS, Breen state II early. There is a tiny bulge off the end of the bust but there is no hint of a bulge at the 8. The edge of the planchet shows some diagonal reeding, a feature sometimes found on this variety. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#9 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#11, his photo #27320. Our grade is VF35. 36056.45/61275942 Ex George F. Scanlon, Stack’s 10/1973:48 (as XF)-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 10/31/1973-C. Douglas Smith 12/1982-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Scanlon lot ticket and Doug Smith collection envelope appropriately inscribed with the story of this cent.

CONDITION CENSUS S-165 EX NAFTZGER

LOT 211 1798 S-165 R4 Style II Hair, Large 8 PCGS graded AU50, CAC Approved . Uniform glossy medium chocolate and olive brown. Smooth with light wear and great eye appeal. No spots or stains, and the only marks are a very faint hairline scratch from the B in LIBERTY down into the hair where it disappears and a light diagonal nick in the field before the brow. MDS, Breen state II, showing light die clashmarks on both sides. Nicely struck except for minor weakness on the bust tip and opposing OF (as usual on this variety). Graded VF35 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #20334. Bland says VF35 and tied for CC#2 honors (the CC#1 cent is in the ANS). Our grade is VF35 Choice. A really nice cent and it comes with an important provenance. 36065.50/32783162 Ex John P. Young, M. H. Bolender MBS #181, 9/1951:124-C. Douglas Smith 12/1956 (via Dorothy I. Paschal)-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. 2/23/1992-Eric J. Streiner 4/2/1992-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Goldbergs 1/31/2016:161-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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