Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 310 1803 S-245 R3 PCGS AU Detail, Cleaned . Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth with light wear and very nice eye appeal. A tiny tick on the upper edge of the drapery above the 3 is the best identifying mark, and you need a glass to see it. The toning looks original and quite attractive. MDS, Breen state II, with a small but clearly defined triangular cud in the dentils over the left side of the N in UNITED. Noyes graded VF35 net VF30, his photo #26122. Our grade is EF45. 36353.92/52084641

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

THE NEWCOMB S-246

LOT 311 1803 S-246 R3 PCGS AU Details, Cleaned . Glossy light olive brown and light chocolate with lighter brown in the fields and protected areas. There are a few small puffs of reddish brown toning on the obverse including one near the hair below the ribbon that contains a speck of verdigris. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth but there are some extremely faint hairlines visible under strong magnification. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before the “Mumps” break at the throat. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net VF35 and CC#6, his photo #22934. Our grade is EF5 net EF40. This is the plate coin for the reverse in the 1925 Howard Newcomb reference on the cents of 1801-1803. 36356.92/52084637

Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/7/1945:400-Dr. Angus C. Black, New Netherlands Coin Co. 6/1970:139-C. Douglas Smith 3/30/1992 Eric J. Streiner 4/23/1992-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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