Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 551 1833 N-2 R2 NGC graded AU58 . Frosty light chocolate with lighter steel brown in protected areas. Satiny luster shows in protected areas and this cent has very nice eye appeal. Lightly worn on the highpoints and the best identifying mark is a small nick on the left point of star 10. E-MDS, die state a. The repunching at the top of the O in ONE and C in CENT is sharp. Our grade is EF45. Certification Number 6703130-010

LOT 554 1833 N-5 R1 Repunched 8 AU58 . Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. Smooth and void of marks with just a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. A lustrous, very attractive cent. LDS. The repunching at the top of the 8 is dull but still visible; the top of a stray 8 nestled into the dentils under the normal 8 is no longer visible.

Ex Ed Hipps 1/1985-Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:736-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1014-Thomas D. Reynolds-Bob Horn (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

Ex Chris McCawley-Bob Brownell Collection, Early Cents Auctions 6/4/2022:253-Rick Simko-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Brownell collection envelope and lot ticket)

LOT 552 1833 N-3 R1 AU55 . Frosty steel brown and olive with puffs of lighter reddish brown on the lower right part of the obverse. This cent has solid mint state eye appeal. Satiny and quite attractive with just a hint of rub on the highest points. A small void in the dentils over the M in AMERICA is the best identifying feature of this cent (as struck). M-LDS, Grellman state b. The fields are flowlined and the dentils are weak and partial. Removed from a PCGS holder graded AU55 (PCGS label #1696.55/4517906 included).

LOT 555 1833 N-6 R1 PCGS graded MS61 Red & Brown . Lustrous medium steel brown with 10% of the obverse and two-thirds of the reverse showing bright mint color. The surfaces are satiny and this cent appears to be choice mint state at first glance, but there is a line of dull nicks down the profile from the nose to the bust tip, strongest on the jaw. The reverse is nearly flawless and has the eye appeal of a solid gem. LDS, Grellman state c, with a tiny cud break between the two die cracks that pass through the bottom of the N in UNITED. The reverse is rotated 25 degrees clockwise. Our grade is net AU55. The attribution and Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 37034.61/83244867

Ex Thomas D. Reynolds-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

LOT 553 1833/2 N-4 R4 Overdate 3 over 2 EF40 . Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. Five points sharper but there are too many tiny contact marks for the sharpness grade. A dull nick right of the lower lip and a fine crack outlining the lowest curl are the best identifying marks. E-MDS, Grellman state b, with die cracks through the date to stars 12 & 13 and 1-3, but the crack at stars 4-7 has not formed. The overdate feature is clear at the upper ball of the second 3.

Ex Bowers & Merena 11/12/1984:52-Manuel Ahumada Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/4/2017:133-Dr. Thomas Wachtel Collection, Early Cents Auctions 1/20/2023:412-Al Nelson Collection (includes the last 2 lot tickets)

Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 12/11/2021-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

Saturday, January 18 h , 2025 4PM

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