Houston Jan 2025

LOT 621 1838 N-16 R5- F15 . Glossy steel brown with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Smooth with minor marks including a small nick on the end of the nose and a very light rim bruise at star 8. Struck from heavily worn dies, as always for this rare variety. Graded F15 net F12 and tied for CC#17 in the Noyes census, his photo #33054.

LOT 618 1838 N-12 R2 Doubled Die Reverse, PCGS graded AU58 . Frosty tan and light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous and there is just a touch of friction on the highpoints. Nearly void of marks; a tiny planchet fissure in the dentils over the first S in STATES is the best identifying mark. MDS with fine flowlines in the fields and more than half the dentils still visible on the reverse. The doubled reverse die features are clear, strongest on the wreath below TE in UNITED and on the berries under the first S in STATES. This is a real doubled die, not doubling caused by die bounce or “machine doubling.” Our grade is AU58. Certification Number 1741.58/83090698

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

ATTRACTIVE 1839/6 OVERDATE

Ex Jack H. Beymer 4/28/2021-Al Nelson Collection

LOT 619 1838 N-14 R4 VF30 . Glossy chocolate brown and steel with smooth surfaces. Slightly sharper but there is a rim bruise at star 8. Otherwise the only mark is a planchet flake right of the R in AMERICA (as struck). EDS, Grellman state a, with an uncracked obverse.

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

LOT 620 1838 N-15 R5- F12 . Slightly sharper with a rim bruise at IT in UNITED. Otherwise just small contact marks, none notable. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with darker steel brown on the highpoints and traces of lighter brown in the fields.

LOT 622 1839/6 N-1 R3+ Overdate 9 over 6, ANACS graded VF20 . Glossy light to medium brown with smooth surfaces. The only notable mark is a dull rim nick over the A in STATES. MDS, Grellman state b late, with a clearly defined die crack from the dentils over star 3 to the nose. The overdate feature is bold. Our grade is F15+. A very nice mid-grade example of this popular overdate variety. Certification Number 7381505

Ex Joe Brown in the 1960’s-John Porazza 1/13/2002 Doug Martin, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/3/2002:2478-Rodney C. Burress-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Martin collection envelope, the Superior lot ticket, and the Burress sales envelope)

Ex Chris McCawley 1/3/2024-Al Nelson Collection

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