Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 452 1822 N-7 R3+ VF25 . At least 5 points sharper but there are some contact marks including dull nicks on the neck, a very light scratch from star 1 to the neck, a short scratch under star 4, and several light marks around the C in CENT. Glossy light to medium chocolate and steel brown with smooth surfaces. E-MDS, Grellman state a. The leaf under CA is weak, as always, but the outline is still clear. Graded VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #27716.

LOT 454 1822 N-9 R5- NGC XF Details, Burnished . Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel. Lightly smoothed to minimize minor roughness, then retoned. The roughness remaining is minor, strongest at the top of the obverse and bottom of the reverse. There are traces of reddish verdigris at the dentils over star 7 and a few microscopic specks of greenish verdigris at the bottom of the reverse. E-MDS, Grellman state b early, with a very fine die crack through the top of TES (in addition to the earlier cracks on the reverse from the previous N-8 marriage). A sharp but imperfect example of this tough die variety. Our grade is VF35 sharpness net F15. Certification Number 4459613-009

Ex Darwin B. Palmer-Stuart A. Hodge, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/2004:392-Thomas D. Reynolds 2/2023-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

Ex Chris McCawley 4/25/2003-unknown-Thomas D. Reynolds 6/26/2020-Al Nelson Collection

LOT 453 1822 N-8 R4 PCGS graded XF45 . Glossy medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Smooth and nicely struck with trivial marks. The best identifying marks are a thin horizontal nick under the chin and a small diagonal nick on the right end of the line under CENT. MDS, Grellman state c early. The bisecting die crack from the dentil over the left side of the F in OF down through the ribbon end stops at the ribbon and does not reach the rim below. Our grade is VF30 . The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 36733.45/32847909

LOT 455 1822 N-10 R2 AU50+ . Sharpness close to mint state but there are some nicks on the neck plus a few tiny ticks left of star 9. Otherwise sharp and quite nice. Frosty dark steel and olive brown with light brown faded down from mint color around the date. Satiny luster shows in the fields and protected areas. EDS, Grellman state a. The fields are hard and the inner circle is sharp from star 1 to star 8.

Ex John Dabbert-Thomas D. Reynolds 1/12/2024-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 1994-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 3/30/2016:10058 Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope and Wadlington collection note)

Saturday, January 18 h , 2025 4PM

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