Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 638 Lot of 15 Large Cents, 1848-1856 . Grades average VF but some are cleaned. Inspection recommended. Lot of 15 coins.

PATTERNS

LOT 635 1839 N-13 R2 Booby Head AU50+ . Very attractive frosty light to medium brown. Satiny with trivial marks including some hairline scratches in the field off the jaw and a nearly horizontal hairline scratch across the jaw to below the earlobe. MDS, Grellman state b, with fine die cracks on the reverse but before the rim cud on the obverse.

RARE 1880 PATTERN DOLLAR

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

LOT 636 1839 N-14 R3 Booby Head PCGS graded MS63 Brown . Lustrous light olive brown with satiny, very attractive surfaces. Sharply struck with great eye appeal and just a few minor marks. The notable marks are a fine hairline scratch over star 1 and a thin vertical planchet fissure between the E & N in CENT (as struck). E-MDS, Grellman state a, with a bar down from the dentils over the upright of the R in AMERICA. Our grade is MS60. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 37255.63/40983583

Ex Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:900-Thomas D. Reynolds 2006-Bryan Yamasaki Frisco Mint 11/10/2023-Al Nelson Collection

LOT 637 1839 N-15 R5+ Booby Head F12 . Glossy medium olive brown with darker olive in protected areas on the reverse. Attractive for the grade with minor marks including some fine roughness over the 39 and a small pin prick over the right side of the N in ONE. MDS with the always present die cracks on the reverse.

LOT 639 1880 Pattern Goloid Metric Dollar Judd 1646 R6- PCGS graded PR62 Brown . Lightly cleaned, now retoned light olive and golden tan with overtones of bluish steel and sea-green. The fields are reflective but covered with fine hairlines. No other marks. A sharp example of this very rare pattern dollar struck in copper. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 62031.62/43796564

Ex Henry T. Hettger, 2009 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/18/2009:397-Maurice Shepherd 2/2016-Al Nelson Collection (includes the Hettger notes, the Shepherd collection envelope, and the EAC lot ticket)

Friday, January 17 th , 2025 5PM

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