Houston Jan 2025

LOT 467 1824 N-4 R2 EF40 . Attractive glossy medium brown with traces of frosty lighter brown in protected areas. Smooth with only small marks including a few tiny ticks on the jaw, a nick left of star 8, and a tiny scratch over the C in CENT. None of the marks is significant and the eye appeal of this cent is quite nice. M-LDS, Grellman state c. The earlier arc line between the bases of the second S in STATES and the adjacent O is gone.

LOT 466 1824 N-3 R2 PCGS graded AU53 . The obverse is frosty chocolate brown and steel; the reverse is mostly lighter brown with light chocolate on the devices. Satiny mint luster shows in protected areas and the eye appeal of this cent is quite nice. The best identifying mark, and it is barely visible with a glass, is a fine hairline scratch connecting stars 9 & 10. MDS, Grellman state a late. The inner circle on the obverse is weak but still visible in several places from star 1 to star 8. Our grade is EF45+. (The back of the holder is scratched.). Certification Number 1636.53/26144527

Ex Ed Nowak-Robert F. LaForme Collection-Al Nelson Collection (includes the LaForme collection envelope)

Ex Jack H. Beymer 12/2020-Al Nelson Collection

 CONDITION CENSUS 1824/2 N-5 OVERDATE

LOT 468 1824/2 N-5 R4 Overdate 4 over 2, PCGS AU Detail Damage . Frosty light chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are satiny and smooth showing only light friction on the devices and hints of mint luster in protected areas. The notable defects are a planchet chip high on the cheekbone, a dull scratch in the field close to the chin, and five dull contact marks around ONE CENT, the strongest of these above the N in ONE. EDS. The overdate feature is clear and there is minor crumbling in the dentils at stars 3-5. Graded EF40 net VF35 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #27549. Our grade is net VF30. Clearly one of the finer examples of this tough overdate variety in spite of the marks, and it comes with a long, impressive provenance. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 36781.98/44293955 Ex Elliot Landau, New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/13/1958:135-Doris E. Nelson-Toby and Doris E. (Nelson) Syzmanski (the “TAD” Collection), Stack’s 2/4/1976:93-Myles Z. Gerson 1/3/1980-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:581-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:809-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:690-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection, Early Cents Auctions 9/2/2022:88-Rick Simko, 1/24/2023:90045-Al Nelson Collection (includes the last lot ticket)

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