TNA HOF Collection Pt 1

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

CONDITION CENSUS N-9

LOT 1278 1849 N-9 R4+ AU58+. A sharp, frosty cent that has great eye appeal. Looks choice mint state but there is a faint rub on the very highest points of the devices. Frosty light olive and brown with traces of mellowed red on the reverse. The only mark is a small rim nick over the E in STATES. M-LDS, die state f, with crumbling on the reverse. So close to mint state! CC#3 for the variety in the Grellman census.

Ex Coin Galleries 2/11/1988:1118-Anthony J. Terranova 2/18/1988-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr.-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LOT 1279 1849 N-10 R3+ AU50. Sharpness very close to mint state but lightly cleaned long ago and retoned a very attractive frosty steel brown and chocolate. The toning looks original and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only notable mark is a dull scuff on the eyebrow, and you need a glass to see it. M-LDS, die state c. The lump on the tip of the coronet is strong and there is a raised line of die rust along the profile from the end of the nose down to the bust tip. Tied for CC#8 in the Grellman census. 

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

LUSTROUS RED & BROWN N-11

LOT 1280 1849 N-11 R1 Repunched 1 MS62+. Lustrous light olive and steel brown with 15% of the mint red remaining on both sides. Sharply struck with great eye appeal. A choice cent except for a tiny planchet flake right of the Y in LIBERTY, a dull nick on the leaf below the A in STATES, and a tick on the left top of the N in ONE. These small defects are well hidden and do not catch your eye. Sharply struck EDS, die state a. The repunching under the base of the 1 is sharp and the fine die lines are clear. Tied for CC#3 in the Grellman census. Removed from a PCGS holder graded MS63RB (PCGS label #1887.63/4821764 included).

Ex Henry T. Hettger, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/21/1998:1759-Phyllis Thompson, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2010:646-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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