Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

CHOICE S-258 EX HELFENSTEIN

LOT 323 1803 S-258 R1 Small Date, Large Fraction, PCGS graded MS64 Brown . Choice lustrous golden tan and light steel brown with traces of very faded mint red on the obverse. Satiny and virtually flawless with superior eye appeal. A speck of carbon on the truncation over the left side of the 0 is the only marks, and it is difficult to see. M-LDS, Breen state III late, with a die crack arcing through the curls and subtle swelling inside the outline of the crack. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS62 and tied for CC#5, his photo #39886. Our grade is MS63. Removed from an NGC holder graded MS65BN (NGC label #581844-001 included, and it shows the attribution). 36398.64/61275950 Ex W. H. Spedding, S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1894:810-George H. Earle, Jr., Esq., H. Chapman 6/25/1912:3428-H. Chapman, H. Chapman 6/24/1914:1817-unknown-Milton A. Holmes, Stack’s 10/5/1960:1442-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:36-Charles “Shotgun” Slade III, 12/1964:77-unknown-Quality Sales Corp. 11/1970:93-unknown-Quality Sales Corp. 9/1971:37-Abner Kreisberg & Jerry Cohen-George W. “Hank” Rodgers Ed Hipps-Bruce Stowe-Julian Leidman-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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