TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 1007 1840 N-5 R1 Large Date, Repunched 0 AU55+. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with darker steel brown on the highpoints. Satiny with just a light touch of friction on the highest points of the devices. A tiny speck of darker toning just right of the main curl is the only notable mark. LDS, die state c. The repunching at the left top of the 0 is barely visible and there are several narrow rim cud breaks along the lower part of the obverse. 

LOT 1004 1840 N-3 R1 Small Date AU58+. Glossy light to medium brown with frosty luster in the fields and protected areas. Smooth with just a couple tiny marks and a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. A small nick close over the inner part of the hair bun is the best identifying mark. E-MDS, die state b. The obverse is cracked but the small lumps (hub defects) under the date are clear. 

Ex Tom Hart (who discovered this cent on eBay) 2/2010-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

French’s-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the French’s sales envelope)

LOT 1008 1840 N-6 R1 Large Date, Repunched 40 MS60. Glossy light olive with generous traces of mellowed mint red showing on both sides, particularly on the reverse. The surfaces are lustrous and this cent has really nice eye appeal. A spot of darker brown toning over the tip of the wreath stem is the best identifying mark on this very attractive cent. Nearly qualifies as a “greenie.” E-MDS, die state b. The earlier arc lines over UNIT and ERIC are gone but the repunching on the 40 is clear, especially inside the right half of the 0. There are three tiny rim cuds at star 13. 

LOT 1005 1840 N-4 R3- Small Date AU50. Glossy mix of light to medium brown and chocolate with frost in protected areas. Very light wear on the highpoints and just a few trivial marks including a small nick under the right point of star 4 and a tiny rim nick at star 11. MDS, die state b. The lumps (hub defects) under the date are strong and all the obverse rim cuds described in the Grellman reference are clear. Called an overdate 40 over 39 decades ago because of the hub defects, but there is no overdate. Struck with the reverse rotated 20 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. 

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

Ex James L. Corrado 11/1979-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 1009 1840 N-7 R3 Large Date EF45. Ten points sharper but there is a shallow planchet void in the field left of star 11, another smaller one on the cheek, and a third in the field off the chin (all as struck). Otherwise just a few light contact marks including a fine vertical scratch from the planchet void right of the main curl down to the right point of star 13. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Very rare EDS, die state a, with fine diagonal lines from the lower junction of the hair buns. The very fine diagonal lines from the dentils over ES in STATES are sharp. A nice cent in spite of the small planchet flaws. 

LOT 1006 1840 N-5 R1 Large Date, Repunched 0 EF45+. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with slightly lighter reddish brown in protected areas on the right side of the reverse. Frost covers the protected areas. Light wear with a few minor marks including a small planchet flake under star 8 and a small vertical nick under star 5. MDS, die state b. The repunching at the left top of the 0 is dull but visible and the fine die lines over RICA are gone. 

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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