Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 575 1835 N-13 R4 Small Date, Stars, & Letters VF25 . Sharpness EF40 or slightly better but covered with fine roughness under dark olive brown and steel toning. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a small, irregular scratch right of star 4. The surfaces are a bit dull but flowline frost does show in protected areas on the reverse. MDS, Grellman state c, with a small triangular lump under the 83 but without the impressed dentils near the wreath above the N in ONE.

LOT 578 1835 N-16 R2 Head of 1836, PCGS graded AU55 . Lustrous medium steel brown with slightly darker olive brown toning before the face. The fields are satiny and there are peeps of mint red in recesses on the portrait. There is very little actual wear on this cent but the strike along the top of the portrait is a bit weak, as often seen on this variety. The only notable mark is a rather obvious planchet void on the rim at the second A in AMERICA. E-MDS with very fine radial die flowlines in the fields near the dentils. There is an obvious double profile from the forehead down to the chin with additional doubling on the lower stars, and traces of a third profile show on the lips, chin, and stars 11 & 12. Our grade is EF45+. The attribution and Twin Leaf Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 37069.55/32847883

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

Ex George Ramont 8/1977-Del Bland 9/1977-Robert E. Vail, Superior 9/1997:546-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (The Twin Leaf Collection), Stack’s Bowers 3/30/2016:10165-Thomas D. Reynolds 6/24/2021-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Superior lot ticket)

LOT 576 1835 N-14 R2 Head of 1836 EF40 . Glossy golden tan and light steel brown with a small puff of darker olive brown toning between stars 5 & 6. Smooth with a few marks including a thin horizontal nick right of the lower lip, a light rim bruise at star 4, and another light rim bruise at the F in OF. An arc of lightly impressed dentils is hidden right of star 9. E-MDS, Grellman state b. The center dot on the reverse is clear.

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

LOT 579 1835 N-18 R4+ Small Date, Stars, & Letters G6 . Glossy medium brown and steel. Smooth and decent for the grade. The obverse is covered with microscopic hairlines and there is a lightly abraded area over the bust tip. MDS, Grellman state b, with crumbling in the dentils under the 35.

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

LOT 577 1835 N-15 R2 Head of 1836 VF35+ . Choice glossy steel brown and light chocolate. Frosty luster covers the protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal, very close to EF40. The best identifying mark is a light rim bruise at the D in UNITED. MDS, Grellman state b, with a very shallow lump under the right side of the 3 halfway down to the dentils. The is a double profile on the forehead with a triple profile on the lips and chin plus doubling on stars 11-13 (machine doubling). Removed from a PCGS holder graded AU50 (PCGS label #1714.50/18480962 included).

Ex David Johnson-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Johnson sales envelope)

Saturday, January 18 h , 2025 4PM

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