TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 1175 1847 N-29 R3 AU58. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with 5% of the mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. Nearly flawless with great eye appeal. Looks mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. A microscopic tick just right of the nostril and a small spot of darker bluish steel toning between the left points of star 12 are the only marks, and they are trivial. LDS, die state d, with fine die cracks on the reverse. Comes with a nice provenance.  Ex Richard Picker-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:1115-Walter Dudgeon, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/30/1994:286-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/27/2001:1305 (via Don Valenziano)-Phyllis Thompson, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2010:592-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

CONDITION CENSUS 1847 N-30

LOT 1176 1847 N-30 R4 Repunched 1 PCGS graded AU55. Frosty light olive brown and chocolate with slightly lighter brown toning around the eye. There are two very tiny ticks just right of the lips and a small splash of darker olive toning in the dentils at ME in AMERICA. Otherwise virtually flawless with attractive satiny surfaces. MDS, die state b, with a tiny lump on the upper edge of the ribbon loop but no rim cud under the stem end. The repunching under the base of the 1 is clear. Our grade is AU50+, tied for CC#3 honors in the Grellman census. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 37340.55/37140938

Ex Clement V. Schettino, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/19/1995:407a-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:448-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/30/2011:236-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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