TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS



CONDITION CENSUS 1843 N-15

LOT 1057 1843 N-12 R2 Petite Head EF45+. Choice glossy light to medium brown with frosty luster in protected areas. A cent with light wear and great eye appeal. LDS, die state e, with a bold rim cud off the end of the wreath stem. The earlier rim cuds at UNIT are not present due to a lack of sufficient planchet metal in that area. 

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 1058 1843 N-15 R2+ Petite Head, PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Very attractive lustrous bluish steel and medium brown blending to light olive brown on the lower part of the reverse. Hints of very faded mint red can be found in protected areas on the left side of the reverse. Sharply struck with very nice eye appeal. The only marks worthy of mention are a fine diagonal scratch right of star 4 and a tiny rim nick at star 8. M-LDS, die state b. The fine die line at the right top of the N in ONE is gone. Our grade is MS60+, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. (The holder is scuffed.) 405946.64/33146151 Ex William E. Johnson-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:964-J. R. “Bob” Grellman, Jr.-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Superior 6/2/2002:156-Thomas D. Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 1/2004:1454-Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Goldbergs 9/14/2008:538-Thomas D. Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:774-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 1060 1843 N-16 R4 Type of 1844, NGC graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous golden tan and very light olive with hint of very faded mint color in some protected areas on the reverse. Sharply struck on the portrait and wreath but many of the dentils on the obverse are mushy. The only notable mark is a tiny tick near the hair under the left side of star 7. EDS with smooth fields and no trace of flowlines in the fields. Our grade is AU58+, tied for CC#5 in the Grellman census. The attribution and Mervis Collection provenance are noted on the NGC label. 2038637-004

LOT 1059 1843 N-15 R2+ Petite Head EF45+. Slightly sharper with great eye appeal, but there are a couple light scratches: one down the cheek into the neck and another in the field at the inner curl. Both marks are lost in the beautiful glossy light to medium brown toning. MDS, die state b. The earlier die line at the right top of the N in ONE is gone. 

Ex 1978 EAC Sale, lot 181-Douglas F. Bird-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1998:498-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 10/2001:476-2008 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/10/2008:553-Adam Mervis, Heritage Auctions 1/10/2014:2253-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Mervis lot ticket)

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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