TNA Book 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 76 1839 N-2 R-2 Head of 1838 PCGS MS62BN CAC. Attractive light to medium browns. Looks mint state but there is a touch of wear on the highest points of the devices. The best identifying marks are a tiny nick off the tip of the nose, a small nick on the rim at star 11, and a rim bruise over F in OF. Frosty luster covers the fields and the eye appeal is excellent. MDS(a+). Our grade is AU50. 37225.62/39460824

LOT 73 1836 N-7 R-4 EF40. Five points sharper but nicely retoned frosty light golden olive. The only mark is a tiny struck-through line nestled between star 2 and the dentils. Sharply struck MDS with a faint die crack at ED ST.

Ex; Superior 9/1988:1816 - Dr. Wallace Lee M&G/Superior 5/2003:884 - CVM 1/2006 - Chuck Hall Collection Goldbergs 9/2020:308

Ex; Robert Schick-Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:1214-Bob Brownell Collection - ECA 6/2022:287

LOT 77 1839 N-5 R-2 Booby Head VF35. 10 points sharper but lightly smoothed, more so on the obverse than the reverse, and now medium to dark chocolate brown surfaces with bluish steel tones. The marks include a minor tick on the cheek, one above star 12, a rim bruise at star 10, and a rim nick over the first T in STATES. Glossy surfaces. MDS.

LOT 74 1837 N-11 R-1 Head of 1838 EF45+. Attractive light brown and light olive with a few puffs of reddish chocolate on both sides. Only the most trivial of marks, a tiny rim nick over star 5 the best identifying. Smooth surfaces with hints of frosty luster in some protected areas. MDS(c).

Ex; Tom Reynolds 4/2005

Ex; Phil W. Ralls EAC 1985 - Ed Jasper - Rod. C. Burress 3/2005

LOT 78 1839 N-8 R-1 Head of 1840 VF35. Mottled mix of dark olive and chocolate browns. There is a dull nick on the chin and another on the rim right of star 9. Smooth, glossy surfaces. MDS(b).

LOT 75 1838 N-3 R-1 EF45. Five points sharper but there is a cluster of minor, dull nicks under star 5. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with darker olive brown spots scattered on the obverse. Satiny luster is visible in the protected areas. EDS(a).

Ex; David Garvin EAC 2005:455

Ex; John Morton EAC 1988:321 - John D. Wright - EAC 2005:441

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