TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EQUAL FINEST 1843 N-12 EX NAFTZGER

LOT 1054 1843 N-12 R2 Petite Head, PCGS graded MS65 Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with faded mint red covering 10% of the obverse and brighter mint color showing on a third of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and slightly reflective, and this cent has great eye appeal. Only trivial marks including a few microscopic ticks under star 7 and a tiny struck-through line off the left end of the crossbar of the 4, as struck. EDS, die state a (the die state of the proofs and earliest business strikes). The fine die finishing lines are clear on both sides and the rim cud break at the U in UNITED has not formed. Called MS63 and CC#2 of the business strikes in the Noyes census, his photo #31076. Our grade is MS64, tied for CC#1 of the business strikes in the Grellman census. The attribution and Naftzger-Heard provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 405833.65/18900056

Ex 1979 EAC Sale, 1/13/1979:274 (via Myles Z. Gerson)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:664-Legend Numismatics-Gene Heard, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 6/2016:352-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 1055 1843 N-12 R2 Petite Head EF40. Five points sharper but there is a planchet lamination at the dentils near star 12, and it does catch your eye. Otherwise this cent is very nice with attractive frosty light to medium brown toning and trivial marks. EDS, die state a. The die lines over ERIC are clear. 

LOT 1056 1843 N-12 R2 Petite Head AU55. Frosty light steel brown with a few tiny peeps of mint color remaining on the reverse. Satiny and very attractive with just a hint of friction on the highpoints. A small spot of reddish brown toning left of star 11 is the only notable mark. M-LDS, die state d, with rim cuds over NIT and from the U to about two-thirds of the way to the tip of the wreath ribbon. This cent was used to prepare the diagram of the die state in the 2001 edition of the Grellman reference on the series (a fact that is noted on the Naftzger envelope). Comes with a very nice provenance. 

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

Ex George Ramont 8/1976-Del N. Bland-Jerry A. Bobbe 9/1976 R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope)

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